Munsee language

E64303

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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Generate an image of the Munsee 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.)

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Algonquian language ⓘ
Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
critically endangered language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Delaware languages ⓘ
Unami language ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
culturalRole language of Munsee Lenape identity ⓘ
documentedBy linguist Ives Goddard ⓘ
various community scholars ⓘ
ethnicGroup Munsee Lenape people ⓘ
linked to: Lenape
glottocode muns1251 ⓘ
grammaticalFeature animate–inanimate gender system ⓘ
complex verb inflection ⓘ
direct–inverse verb morphology ⓘ
obviative marking ⓘ
person hierarchy in verb agreement ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Munsee Delaware ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language

Munsee Lenape ⓘ
linked to: Lenape

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

Eastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
Lower Hudson River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Hudson Valley

Northern New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: North Jersey
ISO639-3 umu ⓘ
languageFamily Algic language family ⓘ
linked to: Algic languages
lexicalBorrowingFrom Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
linguisticTypology head-marking language ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ
morphologyType fusional morphology ⓘ
numberOfFluentSpeakers very few ⓘ
partOf Lenape languages ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
region Northeastern United States ⓘ
Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Ontario
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (64)

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

Algonquian languages → includesLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
Algonquian languages → includesLanguage → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Lenape → traditionalLanguage → Munsee ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Buckongahelas → language → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Algic languages → includes → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Unami language → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
Delaware Nation → traditionalLanguage → Munsee ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Munsee-Delaware Nation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Munsee ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Munsee language → partOf → Lenape languages ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Munsee language → hasAlternativeName → Munsee Delaware ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Mahican language → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
Delaware people → ethnonymLanguage → Munsee ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Delaware people → traditionalLanguage → Munsee ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Delaware people → traditionalLanguage → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Delaware Nation at Moraviantown → languageTraditionallySpoken → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Unami → subdivisionOf → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Unami → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Hobuck → hasLanguageOrigin → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Wappinger → traditionalLanguage → Wappinger language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Walpole Island → hasIndigenousLanguage → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Manayunk → etymologyFrom → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Algic → includesLanguage → Munsee ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Algic → includesLanguage → Delaware languages ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Tenakill Creek → nameEtymology → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Teaneck Creek → nameEtymology → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Shinnecock language → geneticallyRelatedTo → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Oratam → languageSpoken → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Northern Unami → partOf → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Northern Unami → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Unalachtigo → partOf → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Unalachtigo → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Lënapei Lënu → refersTo → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Southern Delaware language → subdivisionOf → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Southern Unami → partOf → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Southern Unami → closelyRelatedTo → Munsee ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Eastern Algonquian languages → hasMember → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Eastern Algonquian languages → hasMember → Munsee language ⓘ
Western Delaware → language → Munsee ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Mahikan language → relatedTo → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Chief Katonah → language → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
turkey clan → languageOfAssociatedPeople → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Treaty of Shackamaxon → languageOfCommunication → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language
Unami language → isPartOf → Lenape languages ⓘ
subject linked to: unm
linked to: Munsee language
Lenape people → nativeLanguage → Munsee language ⓘ
subject linked to: unm
Unami language → isRelatedTo → Munsee language ⓘ
subject linked to: unm
Unami language → isRelatedTo → Lenape language continuum ⓘ
subject linked to: unm
linked to: Munsee language
Unami language → lexicalSimilarityWith → Munsee language ⓘ
subject linked to: unm
Manasquan River → hasNameOrigin → Lenape language ⓘ
linked to: Munsee language