Unami

E75801

Algonquian language variety dialect

Unami is a dialect of the Lenape (Delaware) language historically spoken by the Lenape people in parts of the mid-Atlantic region of North America.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Unami canonical	16
Unami syntax	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Algonquian language variety ⓘ dialect ⓘ
alternateName	Southern Delaware language ⓘ surface form: Southern Delaware Unami Delaware ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Mahican ⓘ Munsee language ⓘ surface form: Munsee
culturalSignificance	key marker of Lenape identity ⓘ
documentedBy	linguists in the 18th to 20th centuries ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Lenape ⓘ
grammaticalFeature	animacy-based noun classification ⓘ complex verb inflection ⓘ obviative marking ⓘ polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
hasDialect	Northern Unami ⓘ Southern Unami ⓘ Unalachtigo (sometimes classified) ⓘ
historicalUse	oral storytelling traditions of the Lenape ⓘ place names in the Delaware Valley ⓘ traditional ceremonies of the Lenape ⓘ
influencedToponym	Hackensack ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ Passaic, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: Passaic Susquehanna River ⓘ surface form: Susquehanna
ISO639-3Code	unm ⓘ
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
partOfCulturalHeritageOf	Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenape Nation
phonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ rich consonant system typical of Algonquian languages ⓘ
region	Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
revitalizationEffortBy	Lenape communities in Oklahoma ⓘ Lenape communities in Ontario ⓘ
spokenBy	Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenape people
spokenInPastIn	Province of Delaware ⓘ surface form: Delaware (U.S. state) Delaware Valley ⓘ surface form: Delaware River valley Maryland ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York ⓘ surface form: New York (state) Pennsylvania ⓘ mid-Atlantic region of North America ⓘ
status	revival language ⓘ severely endangered ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Southern Delaware language ⓘ surface form: Delaware language Munsee language ⓘ surface form: Lenape language
subfamily	Eastern Algonquian languages ⓘ
usedBy	Lenape tribal governments in some cultural programs ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (17)

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

Lenape → ethnonymLanguage → Unami ⓘ

Lenape → traditionalLanguage → Unami ⓘ

Delaware Nation → traditionalLanguage → Unami ⓘ

Munsee-Delaware Nation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Unami ⓘ

Delaware people → ethnonymLanguage → Unami ⓘ

Delaware people → traditionalLanguage → Unami ⓘ

Algic → includesLanguage → Unami ⓘ

Northern Unami → subdivisionOf → Unami ⓘ

Unalachtigo → closelyRelatedTo → Unami ⓘ

linguist John O. Rankin → hasNotableWorkOn → Unami ⓘ

subject surface form: John O. Rankin

this entity surface form: Unami syntax

linguist John O. Rankin → languageOfStudy → Unami ⓘ

subject surface form: John O. Rankin

Lënapei Lënu → languageOfExpression → Unami ⓘ

Southern Unami → subdivisionOf → Unami ⓘ

Western Delaware → language → Unami ⓘ

Moraviantown → hasIndigenousLanguage → Unami ⓘ

Unami Delaware → hasAlternativeName → Unami ⓘ

unm → ISO639-3ReferenceName → Unami ⓘ

subject surface form: Unami language