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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Mohawk Language,
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This review is from: Let's Speak Mohawk (Book/Cassette Course) (Paperback)
Actually, Mohawk pronunciation is quite complex, this book is a language textbook not a dictionary, and Mohawk is a living language with a pre-existing writing system (even we real linguists are not so arrogant as to force would-be learners of other languages to use phonetic transcription instead of the writing system actually used by its speakers).David Maracle is a native speaker and educator of the Mohawk language, the tapes are clear and comprehensible, and this is a valuable language learning tool. It is rather pricy, however. It's possible to buy the textbook without the tapes (just search for the author's name) for a fraction of the price, though you'll miss out on the chance to hear this sonorous and little-spoken language in action.
5 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
warnings,
By "linguist-guy" (boston) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Let's Speak Mohawk (Book/Cassette Course) (Paperback)
The author is supposedly a native teacher of Mohawk, but this set is bad because:1. Mohawk pronunciation is really simple and the tapes are expensive 2. The book gives very few words, its basically a grammar, not a full one either 3. Perhaps to justify the tapes the author creates a writing system which requires transcription (a real linguist would ship phonemic sounds) Better go directly to 1000 Words of Mohawk, that book has a grammar intro too
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