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What languages are spoken by Stockbridge-Munsee Indians?
Today, the Stockbridge-Munsee people only speak English.Historically, they spoke:Mahican (also known as Mohican), a language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, extinct since 1940.Munsee (also known as Delaware), an endangered language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, itself a branch of the Algic language family. As of 2018, Munsee is believed to have about 4 or 5 speakers, all over the age of 77.
What did the munsee and unami tribes have interests in?
Making Clothes & Cooking foods : ) #BY:Cheeks^_^
Where did the name munsee get its name?
Umm... MC in America says that the names comes from an over- educated scientist who killed a bird in an expirement. It was the last type of that bird, and wanted to nme it that... so named the munsee after his thought. JK.
What languages were spoken by Manhasset Indians?
The Manhasset indians spoke the Munsee and Unami languages.
How did Wyoming Canada get its name?
The name Wyoming derives from the Munsee name xwé:wamənk, meaning "at the big river flat."
What European groups settled in New Jersey?
It was the Munsee. But since the Delaware are not Europeans at least consider the Dutch of the English.
What native American tribe lived in northeast Pennslyvannia?
THe northeast area of Pennsylvania was originally home to the Munsee (or Minisink) branch of the Delawares.
What language did they get Wyoming from?
Wyoming is derived from the Native American tribe, Munsee Delaware, word: xwe-wamenk - meaning: big river flat
What dialects of the Delaware language did the Lenape in New Jersey speak?
The Lenni Lenape spoke the algonquin Language. Now most of them speak english.
Native Americans that lived in Delaware?
There were three groups of Native Americans that lived in Delaware. These groups were the Unami, the Munsee, and the Unalachtigo.
What has the author Berta S Livermore written?
Berta S. Livermore has written: 'Indian legends of the Te-o-ne-sta' -- subject(s): Munsee Indians, Poetry
Was the state of Wyoming named after the town Wyoming PA?
"The name Wyoming derives from the Munsee name xwé:wamənk, meaning 'at the big river flat,' but it was also named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania." [per Wikipedia]
