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