Southern Delaware language

E293214
Algonquian language variety Native American language endangered language

The Southern Delaware language is an Algonquian language variety traditionally spoken by the Lenape (Delaware) people in the southern part of their historical territory.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Southern Delaware 4
Delaware language 3
Delaware language continuum 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language variety ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
alignment nominative–accusative ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lenape ⓘ
surface form: Southern Lenape

Southern Unami ⓘ
associatedEthnicity Delaware Nation ⓘ
surface form: Delaware Tribe of Indians

Lenape ⓘ
Nanticoke people ⓘ
surface form: Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape
branch Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Algonquian
closelyRelatedTo Munsee language ⓘ
Unami language ⓘ
culturalSignificance key marker of Lenape identity ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature obviative marking ⓘ
person marking on verbs ⓘ
rich verb inflection ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between animate and inanimate nouns ⓘ
hasTypology head-marking ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ
historicalRegion Delmarva Peninsula ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
surface form: Mid-Atlantic region of the United States

parts of Maryland ⓘ
southern Delaware ⓘ
southern part of Lenape territory ⓘ
influencedToponymyOf place names in Delaware ⓘ
place names in Maryland ⓘ
place names in New Jersey ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
surface form: Algonquian
memberOf Algonquian languages ⓘ
surface form: Algonquian language family

Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ
partOf Lenape cultural heritage ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SOV ⓘ
SVO ⓘ
regionType southern dialect of Delaware ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts community-based language programs ⓘ
documentation and teaching projects ⓘ
status moribund ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
subdivisionOf Southern Delaware language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Delaware language

Munsee language ⓘ
surface form: Lenape language
traditionalSpeakers Delaware people ⓘ
Lenape ⓘ
surface form: Lenape people
traditionalUse ceremonial contexts ⓘ
everyday communication (historically) ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
wordOrder flexible ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (10)

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

Unami language → alternativeName → Southern Delaware language ⓘ
Munsee language → closelyRelatedTo → Southern Delaware language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delaware languages
Unami → subdivisionOf → Southern Delaware language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delaware language
Unami → alternateName → Southern Delaware language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Delaware
Northern Unami → partOf → Southern Delaware language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delaware language continuum
linguist John O. Rankin → studies → Southern Delaware language ⓘ
subject surface form: John O. Rankin
this entity surface form: Delaware language
Southern Delaware language → subdivisionOf → Southern Delaware language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delaware language
Southern Unami → alternateName → Southern Delaware language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Delaware
Unami Delaware → hasAlternativeName → Southern Delaware language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Delaware
unm → alternateName → Southern Delaware language ⓘ
subject surface form: Unami language
this entity surface form: Southern Delaware