Unami (also known as Delaware, Lenni-Lenape, Lenape) is an extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken by the Lenape people in what is now New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but later in Oklahoma. Speakers have shifted to English. Lenape is from /lənaːpːe/, a word in the Unami dialect whose most literal translation into English would be “the real people”. (The common schoolbook term, Lenni-Lenape is not correct, but translates as, “the original real-people”).
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- Unami (also known as Delaware, Lenni-Lenape, Lenape) is an extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken by the Lenape people in what is now New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but later in Oklahoma. Speakers have shifted to English. Lenape is from /lənaːpːe/, a word in the Unami dialect whose most literal translation into English would be “the real people”. (The common schoolbook term, Lenni-Lenape is not correct, but translates as, “the original real-people”). The Lenape names for the area they inhabited were Scheyichbi, which means, “the place bordering the ocean”, and Lenapehoking, meaning “place where the people live”, although the latter is not universally accepted as historical. The Order of the Arrow, an affiliate of the Boy Scouts of America, attempts to preserve some legends and language elements of Lenape tribe. However, numerous local lodges of the Order of the Arrow do not emulate the customs of the Lenape alone, but mingle the Lenape customs with those of completely dissimilar tribes. A modern version of the Southern Unami dialect called Western Delaware is being taught by the Delaware Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma. It is called Western because it was spoken by the Delaware Indians in the Western part of Oklahoma. The tribe has created tapes of native speakers and written lessons available for sale, in an attempt to preserve the language. Some descriptions of the language as spoken in Pennsylvania during the 18th century is given by Moravian missionary John Heckewelder.
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- Unami (also known as Delaware, Lenni-Lenape, Lenape) is an extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken by the Lenape people in what is now New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but later in Oklahoma. Speakers have shifted to English. Lenape is from /lənaːpːe/, a word in the Unami dialect whose most literal translation into English would be “the real people”. (The common schoolbook term, Lenni-Lenape is not correct, but translates as, “the original real-people”).
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