Unami language
E60059
The Unami language is an Eastern Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Lenape (Delaware) people in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Unami language canonical | 11 |
| Unami (Lenape language) | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Algonquian language
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Southern Unami
ⓘ
surface form:
Delaware Unami
Southern Delaware language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Mahican language
ⓘ
Munsee language ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
linguist Ives Goddard
ⓘ
linguist John O. Rankin ⓘ |
| endonym | Lënapei Lënu ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Delaware people
ⓘ
Lenape ⓘ
surface form:
Lenape people
|
| glottocode | unam1245 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Northern Unami
ⓘ
Southern Unami ⓘ Unalachtigo ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
animate–inanimate noun gender system
ⓘ
direct–inverse verb morphology ⓘ locative and obviative nominal suffixes ⓘ obviative marking ⓘ person hierarchy in verb agreement ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory including affricates ⓘ |
| historicalUse | lingua franca among some mid-Atlantic tribes ⓘ |
| influencedToponym |
place names in Delaware
ⓘ
place names in New Jersey ⓘ place names in Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | unm ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Algic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Algic language family
|
| morphologicalType |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| revitalizationEfforts |
documentation and dictionary projects
ⓘ
language classes in Lenape communities ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Lenape communities in Oklahoma
ⓘ
Lenape communities in Ontario ⓘ Lenape communities in Wisconsin ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Algonquian languages
ⓘ
Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| syntacticType | head-marking language ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Delaware Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Delaware River Valley
Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
surface form:
Mid-Atlantic region of the United States
parts of present-day Delaware ⓘ parts of present-day New Jersey ⓘ parts of present-day New York ⓘ parts of present-day Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Lenape ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
Lenape traditional stories ⓘ |
| wordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John O. Rankin
subject surface form:
Lenape people