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.

All labels observed (8)

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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 (49)

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