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ALSO KNOWN AS		Oklahoma Delaware, Lenni-Lenape, Lenape, Tla Wilano, Unami Delaware
CLASSIFICATION		Algic, Algonquian, Eastern Algonquian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		unm
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Southern Unami Northern Unami Unalachtigo
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Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge

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The last speaker of Southern Unami died in 2002. Northern Unami dialect survived into the twentieth century among the Canadian Munsees.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA, Oklahoma

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Heritage language of the Delaware Tribe, near Bartlesville and Dewey, Oklahoma, and the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma, near Anadarko. The last speaker died in 2002.

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1
Native speakers worldwide
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YOUNG ADULTS
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OLDER ADULTS
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ELDERS
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DATE OF INFO: 2001

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The language is mostly used as a badge of tribal identity, and to pray at religious/ceremonial functions.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

The Lenape Language Project, sponsored by the Delaware Tribe at Bartlesville, plans to integrate classes with existing child-care programs and is developing CD-ROMs in the language.

PLACES: USA, Oklahoma

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Originally spoken in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and northern Delaware, Unami is the heritage
language of the Delaware Tribe, at Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma, at Anadarko.

PLACES: USA, Oklahoma

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No known speakers. US Census (2000) lists 308 who use it at home. Ethnic population: 13,500 (1997 J. Rementer)

PLACES: USA;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northeast and west central Oklahoma, north New Jersey, and lower Delaware Valley

		2007	North America	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	1-96	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Victor Golla	Golla, Victor. 2007. "North America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 1-96. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	0	0	1	2001	1-9		1	6-8	All except ritual, religious and ceremonial functions.	English	The Lenape Language Project, sponsored by the Delaware Tribe at Bartlesville, plans to integrate classes with existing child-care programs and is developing CD-ROMs in the language.	All	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	The language is mostly used as a badge of tribal identity, and to pray at religious/ceremonial functions.	15	15	USA, Oklahoma	Originally spoken in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and northern Delaware, Unami is the heritage language of the Delaware Tribe, at Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma, at Anadarko.
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																			USA, Oklahoma		40.0,-75.1666666667
		2008	North America	Atlas of the World's Languages	7-41	Chris Moseley and Ron Asher	Routledge	London		Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco	Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.				0			The last speaker of Southern Unami died in 2002. Northern Unami dialect survived into the twentieth century among the Canadian Munsees.				English			Dormant ()					USA, Oklahoma	Heritage language of the Delaware Tribe, near Bartlesville and Dewey, Oklahoma, and the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma, near Anadarko. The last speaker died in 2002.
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub			0			No known speakers. US Census (2000) lists 308 who use it at home. Ethnic population: 13,500 (1997 J. Rementer)							Dormant ()					USA;	Northeast and west central Oklahoma, north New Jersey, and lower Delaware Valley

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