Southern Delaware language

E293214

The Southern Delaware language is an Algonquian language variety traditionally spoken by the Lenape (Delaware) people in the southern part of their historical territory.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language variety
Native American language
endangered language
alignment nominative–accusative
alsoKnownAs Southern Lenape
linked to: Lenape

Southern Unami
associatedEthnicity Delaware Tribe of Indians
linked to: Delaware Nation

Lenape
Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape
linked to: Nanticoke people
branch Eastern Algonquian
closelyRelatedTo Munsee language
Unami language
culturalSignificance key marker of Lenape identity
hasMorphologicalFeature obviative marking
person marking on verbs
rich verb inflection
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between animate and inanimate nouns
hasTypology head-marking
polysynthetic
historicalRegion Delmarva Peninsula
Mid-Atlantic region of the United States
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states

parts of Maryland
southern Delaware
southern part of Lenape territory
influencedToponymyOf place names in Delaware
place names in Maryland
place names in New Jersey
languageFamily Algonquian
memberOf Algonquian language family
Eastern Algonquian languages
partOf Lenape cultural heritage
primaryWordOrder SOV
SVO
regionType southern dialect of Delaware
revitalizationEfforts community-based language programs
documentation and teaching projects
status moribund
severely endangered
subdivisionOf Delaware language
Lenape language
linked to: Munsee language
traditionalSpeakers Delaware people
Lenape people
linked to: Lenape
traditionalUse ceremonial contexts
everyday communication (historically)
oral tradition
storytelling
wordOrder flexible
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Unami language alternativeName Southern Delaware language
Munsee language closelyRelatedTo Delaware languages
linked to: Southern Delaware language
Unami subdivisionOf Delaware language
linked to: Southern Delaware language
Unami alternateName Southern Delaware
linked to: Southern Delaware language
Northern Unami partOf Delaware language continuum
linked to: Southern Delaware language
John O. Rankin studies Delaware language
subject linked to: linguist John O. Rankin
linked to: Southern Delaware language
Southern Delaware language subdivisionOf Delaware language
linked to: Southern Delaware language
Southern Unami alternateName Southern Delaware
linked to: Southern Delaware language
Unami Delaware hasAlternativeName Southern Delaware
linked to: Southern Delaware language
Unami language alternateName Southern Delaware
subject linked to: unm
linked to: Southern Delaware language