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| has URI | http://lexvo.org/id/term/language/umu |
| has gloss | eng: Munsee (also known as Munsee Delaware, Delaware, Ontario Delaware) is an endangered language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, itself a branch of the Algic language family. Munsee is one of the two Delaware languages and is very closely related to the extinct Unami Delaware, but the two are sufficiently different that they are considered separate languages. Munsee was spoken aboriginally in the vicinity of the modern New York City area in the United States, including western Long Island, Manhattan Island, Staten Island, as well as adjacent areas on the mainland: southeastern New York State, the northern third of New Jersey, and northeastern Pennsylvania. |
| lexicalization | eng: Munsee 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 |
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| French | |
| has gloss | fra: Le munsee (connu aussi sous le nom de delaware, ou de delaware de lOntario) est une langue en danger de la famille des langues algonquiennes, elles-mêmes membres de la famille des langues algiques. Le munsee était parlé autrefois aux alentours du New York moderne aux États-Unis, notamment à Long Island, Manhattan, Staten Island, aussi bien que dans les zones alentour de la vallée de lHudson, du nord du New Jersey, et du nord-est de la Pennsylvanie . |
| lexicalization | fra: munsee |
| Swedish | |
| has gloss | swe: Munsee var ett algonkinspråk som talades av en mängd olika stammar i området kring nuvarande New York ner till Delaware. Språket är nära släkt med Unami/Lenape, och kan vara samma språk. |
| lexicalization | swe: Munsee |
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| media:img | Delaware01.png |
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