| has URI | http://lexvo.org/id/term/language/unm |
| has gloss | eng: 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 are given by Moravian missionary John Heckewelder. |
| has gloss | eng: Unami is an extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken by the Lenape people in what is now New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but later in Oklahoma. It is one of the two Delaware languages, the other being Munsee. Speakers have shifted to English. |
| lexicalization | eng: Unami language |
| subclass of | http://dbpedia.org/resource/Delaware_languages |
| subclass of | http://www.mpii.de/yago/resource/Delaware_languages |
| subclass of | e/Delaware languages |
| subclass of | e/Eastern Algonquian languages |
| instance of | http://dbpedia.org/resource/Delaware_languages |
| instance of | http://dbpedia.org/resource/Eastern_Algonquian_languages |
| instance of | http://www.mpii.de/yago/resource/Delaware_languages |
| instance of | http://www.mpii.de/yago/resource/Eastern_Algonquian_languages |
