Editing Mohawk language (section)

== Orthography ==
[[File:Trilingual plaque on the Grand River, Cambridge, Ontario.jpg|thumb|Plaque in English, Mohawk, and French describing the Grand River. Plaque located in Galt, Cambridge, Ontario]]
Mohawk orthography was standardized in 1993.<ref name="Standarization">{{Cite web |title="Mohawk Language Standardization Project", Kanienkehaka |url=http://www.kanienkehaka.com/msp/msp.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234850/http://www.kanienkehaka.com/msp/msp.htm |archive-date=2013-12-02 |access-date=2006-11-05}}</ref> The orthography uses the following letters: ⟨Aa Ee Hh Ii Kk Ll Nn Rr Ss Tt Ww Yy⟩ and {{vr|’}}. It uses diacritics for tone, stress, and vowel duration, along with three [[Digraph (orthography)|digraphs]]: ⟨ts en on⟩ for /d͡ʒ ʌ̃ ũ/, respectively. 

The standard allows for some variation of how the language is represented, and the clusters {{IPA|/ts(i)/}}, {{IPA|/tj/}}, and {{IPA|/ky/}} are written as pronounced in each community. The orthography matches the phonological analysis as above except:
*The glottal stop {{IPA|/ʔ/}} is written with an apostrophe {{vr|ʼ}}, but is often omitted at the end of words, especially in Eastern dialect where it is typically not pronounced.
*{{IPA|/dʒ/}}
**Written {{vr|ts}} in the Eastern dialect (reflecting pronunciation), as in {{lang|moh|tsá꞉ta}} {{IPA|[ˈdzǎːda]}} "seven".
**Written {{vr|tsi}} in the Central dialect, as in {{lang|moh|tsiá꞉ta}} {{IPA|[ˈdʒǎːda]}} "seven".
**Written {{vr|tsy}} in the Western dialect, as in {{lang|moh|tsyá꞉ta}} {{IPA|[ˈdʒǎːda]}} "seven".
*{{IPA|/j/}}
**Typically written with {{vr|i}} in the Central and Eastern dialects, as in {{lang|moh|ià꞉iaʼk}} {{IPA|[ˈjâːjaʔk]}} "six".
**Typically written with a {{vr|y}} in the Western dialect, as in {{lang|moh|yà꞉yaʼk}} {{IPA|[ˈjâːjaʔk]}} "six".
*The nasalized vowel {{IPA|/ʌ̃/}} is written as {{vr|en}}, as in {{lang|moh|énska}} {{IPA|[ˈʌ̃́nska]}} "one".
*The nasalized vowel {{IPA|/ũ/}} is written {{vr|on}}, as in {{lang|moh|shaʼté꞉kon}} {{IPA|[shaʔˈdɛ̌ːɡũ]}} "eight".
*In cases where the vowel {{IPA|/e/}} or {{IPA|/o/}} is followed by an {{IPA|/n/}} in the same syllable, the {{IPA|/n/}} is written with an under-macron diacritic: {{lang|moh|keṉhó꞉tons}} "I am closing a door". If the {{vr|ṉ}} did not have the diacritic, the sequence {{vr|en}} would be pronounced {{IPA|[ʌ̃]}}. Another convention is to write the nasal vowel with an [[ogonek]], e.g. {{vr|ę}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mohawk Language - Ohwejagehka Hadegaenage |url=http://www.ohwejagehka.com/mohawk/ |access-date=Sep 3, 2020 |website=www.ohwejagehka.com}}</ref>
The low-macron accent is not a part of standard orthography and is not used in the Central or Eastern dialects. In standard orthography, {{vr|h}} is written before {{vr|n}} to create the {{IPA|[en]}} or {{IPA|[on]}}: {{lang|moh|kehnhó꞉tons}} 'I am closing it'.