Unami
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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.
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
NERFINISHED
→
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 (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.