Language overview

Munsee

Munsee is documented on Dialect Atlas across 1 dialect: Munsee.

Dialects of Munsee

MunseeMunsee Delaware · LunaapeAn Eastern Algonquian language of the Lenape (Delaware), originally spoken around the lower Hudson, including present-day New York City. The last native-speaker community is the Delaware Nation at Moraviantown in south-western Ontario, where a single elderly first-language speaker was reported in the 2020s alongside a growing circle of second-language learners.

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