Munsee language

E64303
Eastern Algonquian language Indigenous language of North America critically endangered language

The Munsee language is an Eastern Algonquian Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Munsee Lenape people of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, now critically endangered with only a few fluent speakers.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Lenape language 23
Munsee 11
Munsee language canonical 9

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Algonquian language ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
critically endangered language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Southern Delaware language ⓘ
surface form: Delaware languages

Unami language ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRole language of Munsee Lenape identity ⓘ
documentedBy linguist Ives Goddard ⓘ
various community scholars ⓘ
ethnicGroup Lenape ⓘ
surface form: Munsee Lenape people
glottocode muns1251 ⓘ
grammaticalFeature animate–inanimate gender system ⓘ
complex verb inflection ⓘ
direct–inverse verb morphology ⓘ
obviative marking ⓘ
person hierarchy in verb agreement ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Munsee language ⓘ
surface form: Munsee Delaware

Lenape ⓘ
surface form: Munsee Lenape

Northern Unami ⓘ
surface form: Northern Unami (historical classification, now usually distinguished)
historicalRegion Delaware Valley ⓘ
surface form: Delaware River Valley

eastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Pennsylvania

Hudson Valley ⓘ
surface form: Lower Hudson River Valley

North Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Northern New Jersey
ISO639-3 umu ⓘ
languageFamily Algic languages ⓘ
surface form: Algic language family
lexicalBorrowingFrom Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
linguisticTypology head-marking language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
morphologyType fusional morphology ⓘ
numberOfFluentSpeakers very few ⓘ
partOf Munsee language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lenape languages
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
region Northeastern United States ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Ontario, Canada
revitalizationEffort audio recordings ⓘ
community language classes ⓘ
dictionary compilation ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ
status critically endangered ⓘ
subfamilyOf Algic languages ⓘ
Algonquian languages ⓘ
usedBy Delaware Nation at Moraviantown ⓘ
Munsee-Delaware Nation ⓘ
wordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

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

Algonquian languages → includesLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
Algonquian languages → includesLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Lenape → traditionalLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munsee
Buckongahelas → language → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Algic languages → includes → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Unami language → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
Delaware Nation → traditionalLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munsee
Munsee-Delaware Nation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munsee
Munsee language → partOf → Munsee language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape languages
Munsee language → hasAlternativeName → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munsee Delaware
Mahican language → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
Delaware people → ethnonymLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munsee
Delaware people → traditionalLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munsee
Delaware people → traditionalLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Delaware Nation at Moraviantown → languageTraditionallySpoken → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Unami → subdivisionOf → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Unami → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munsee
Hobuck → hasLanguageOrigin → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Wappinger → traditionalLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wappinger language
Walpole Island → hasIndigenousLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Manayunk → etymologyFrom → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Algic → includesLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munsee
Algic → includesLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delaware languages
Tenakill Creek (variant of Teaneck Creek) or Lenape origin → nameEtymology → Munsee language ⓘ
subject surface form: Tenakill Creek
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Tenakill Creek (variant of Teaneck Creek) or Lenape origin → nameEtymology → Munsee language ⓘ
subject surface form: Teaneck Creek
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Shinnecock language → geneticallyRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Oratam → languageSpoken → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Northern Unami → partOf → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Northern Unami → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munsee
Unalachtigo → partOf → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Unalachtigo → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munsee
Lënapei Lënu → refersTo → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Southern Delaware language → subdivisionOf → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Southern Delaware language → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
Southern Unami → partOf → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Southern Unami → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munsee
Eastern Algonquian languages → hasMember → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Eastern Algonquian languages → hasMember → Munsee language ⓘ
Western Delaware → language → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munsee
Stockbridge-Munsee Community → languagePreservationFocus → Munsee language ⓘ
Mahikan language → relatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Chief Katonah → language → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
turkey clan → languageOfAssociatedPeople → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
Treaty of Shackamaxon → languageOfCommunication → Munsee language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenape language
unm → isPartOf → Munsee language ⓘ
subject surface form: Unami language
this entity surface form: Lenape languages
unm → nativeLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
subject surface form: Lenape people
unm → isRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
subject surface form: Unami language
unm → isRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
subject surface form: Unami language
this entity surface form: Lenape language continuum
unm → lexicalSimilarityWith → Munsee language ⓘ
subject surface form: Unami language