Unami Delaware
E370435
Unami Delaware is an Algonquian language historically spoken by the Unami band of the Lenape (Delaware) people in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Unami Delaware canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Munsee
ⓘ
surface form:
Munsee Delaware
|
| culturallyAssociatedWith |
Lenape oral literature
ⓘ
Lenape place names in the mid-Atlantic ⓘ Lenape religion and traditions ⓘ |
| ethnologueCode | unm ⓘ |
| glottologCode | unam1245 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Southern Unami
ⓘ
surface form:
Delaware Unami
Southern Delaware language ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Delaware
Unami ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Northern Unami
ⓘ
Southern Unami ⓘ Unalachtigo ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
animate–inanimate gender distinction
ⓘ
direct–inverse system ⓘ obviative marking ⓘ person marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Delaware
ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
New York ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ mid-Atlantic region of the United States ⓘ |
| influencedToponym |
Allegheny
ⓘ
Hackensack NERFINISHED ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ Passaic, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form:
Passaic
Susquehanna River ⓘ
surface form:
Susquehanna
|
| languageFamily | Algic languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Lenape language continuum ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
dictionary and grammar projects
ⓘ
language classes in Lenape communities ⓘ online learning materials ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Lenape
ⓘ
surface form:
Lenape (Delaware) people
Unami band of the Lenape people ⓘ |
| status |
moribund
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.