Northern Unami

E293209

Lenape language variety dialect

Northern Unami is a dialect of the Unami variety of the Lenape (Delaware) language traditionally spoken by Indigenous peoples of the mid-Atlantic region of North America.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Unami canonical	5
Northern Delaware Unami	1
Northern Unami (historical classification, now usually distinguished)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lenape language variety ⓘ dialect ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Northern Unami ⓘ surface form: Northern Delaware Unami Northern dialect of Unami ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Munsee language ⓘ surface form: Munsee Southern Unami ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
culturalAssociation	Lenape cultural identity ⓘ Lenape oral literature ⓘ Lenape place names in the mid-Atlantic region ⓘ
endangermentCause	colonial displacement of Lenape people ⓘ language shift to English ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Lenape ⓘ
grammaticalType	head-marking language ⓘ polysynthetic language ⓘ
hasAlignment	Algonquian direct–inverse system ⓘ
hasDialect	Northern Unami Munsee-contact varieties ⓘ
hasMorphology	obviative marking (as in Algonquian languages) ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	Algonquian-type consonant system ⓘ contrastive vowel length (as in Unami) ⓘ
historicalPeriod	pre-contact era to 20th century ⓘ
languageBranch	Lenape ⓘ surface form: Delaware (Lenape) branch of Eastern Algonquian
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
macroArea	Eastern North America ⓘ
partOf	Southern Delaware language ⓘ surface form: Delaware language continuum Munsee language ⓘ surface form: Lenape language
regionType	Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
spokenBy	Delaware people ⓘ Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenape people
status	moribund ⓘ severely endangered ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Unami ⓘ
subfamily	Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Delaware ⓘ surface form: Delaware (state) Maryland ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York State ⓘ surface form: New York (state) Pennsylvania ⓘ mid-Atlantic region of North America ⓘ
traditionalUse	ceremonial speech ⓘ everyday communication (historically) ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
usedByCommunity	Lenape communities of Delaware (historically) ⓘ Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenape communities of New Jersey (historically) Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenape communities of Pennsylvania (historically)
wordOrder	flexible word order ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Unami language → hasDialects → Northern Unami ⓘ

Munsee language → hasAlternativeName → Northern Unami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Unami (historical classification, now usually distinguished)

Unami → hasDialect → Northern Unami ⓘ

Northern Unami → alsoKnownAs → Northern Unami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Delaware Unami

Southern Unami → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Unami ⓘ

Unami Delaware → hasDialect → Northern Unami ⓘ

unm → hasDialect → Northern Unami ⓘ

subject surface form: Unami language