Unami

UNM

reawakening

Alternate Names: Delaware, Lenape, Lenni-Lenape

Dialects: A member of macrolanguage Delaware ,.

Genealogy:

Algic
Algonquian
Eastern Algonquian
Delaware

Demographics: No known L1 speakers, but emerging L2 speakers. 2000 census lists 310 who use it at home. Ethnic population: 13,500 (1997 J. Rementer). L2 users: A few L2 users with varying fluency.

Language Use: Lenape Language Project involved with revitalization.

Language Development: New media. Dictionary. Grammar.

Nation of Origin: United States