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| − | + | # [https://www.native-languages.org/munsee.htm Native Languages of the Americas]: compilation of Munsee language resources (free for use for [https://www.native-languages.org/faq.htm#35 noncommercial educational purposes]) including: | |
| − | + | ## [https://www.native-languages.org/munsee_animals.htm Munsee words for animals] | |
| − | + | ## [https://www.native-languages.org/munsee_body.htm Munsee words for body parts] | |
| − | + | ## [https://www.native-languages.org/munsee_colors.htm Munsee words for colors] with distinction between animate and inanimate nouns | |
| − | + | ## [https://www.native-languages.org/numbers/munsee_numbers.htm Munsee words for numbers] | |
| − | + | ## [https://www.native-languages.org/food/munsee_food.htm Munsee words for food] | |
| − | + | ## "[https://www.bigorrin.org/archive24.htm When My Uncle Was Bewitched]": story in Munsee with English translation | |
| − | + | # [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100246859/Home Munsee translation of morning and evening prayers] by Church of England, J. B. Wampum, and H. C. Hogg (1886) (scanned text). Public Domain. | |
| − | + | # [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100251993 Collection of hymns in Munsee and English] by Charles Halfmoon (1874) (scanned text). Public Domain. | |
| − | + | # [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100279714 Catechisms (summary of Christian principles in question-answer form) in Munsee] (1852) (scanned text with no English translation). Public Domain. | |
| − | + | # [https://munseedelaware.com/mahican-resource-articles/the-story-of-noah/ The Story of Noah in Munsee Delaware]: sentence-by-sentence transcription and translation of a version of the Biblical story of Noah's ark based on the 1980s [https://globalrecordings.net/en/program/17751 audio recording] of Emily Johnson for the Global Recordings Network. | |
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=== Audio/Video === | === Audio/Video === | ||
Revision as of 16:50, 11 February 2025
Contents
Developed Resources
External Resources
Computational Resources
- Keyboard layout for Lunáapeewi-hulŭniixsuwáakan (Munsee) by KeymanHelp. Free and open source.
Dictionaries
- Delaware-English, English-Delaware Dictionary by John O'Meara: first modern dictionary of Munsee Delaware, containing 7,100 entries which include grammatical information. Professor Washington has a scanned copy. All rights reserved.
Grammatical Descriptions
- Munsee Delaware website by Robert Shubinski: contains extensive grammar lessons and example sentences based on the works of John O'Meara and Ives Goddard.
- John O'Meara (1954) - "Delaware Stem Morphology" (dissertation)
- Bruce Pearson (1972) - "A Grammar of Delaware: Semantics, Morpho-Syntax, Lexicon, Phonology" (dissertation)
- Ives Goddard (1983) - "The Eastern Algonquian Subordinative Mode and the Importance of Morphology"
Scientific Works
- Voegelin (1939): The Lenape and Munsee Dialects of Delaware, an Algonquian Language. A very old journal article detailing a comparative study of Algonquian languages, including Munsee. Helpful for understanding certain grammatical features of the language.
- Swiggers (1985): Munsee borrowings from Dutch: Some phonological remarks. A brief article detailing the phonological commonalities between Munsee and Dutch.
Corpora
- Native Languages of the Americas: compilation of Munsee language resources (free for use for noncommercial educational purposes) including:
- Munsee words for animals
- Munsee words for body parts
- Munsee words for colors with distinction between animate and inanimate nouns
- Munsee words for numbers
- Munsee words for food
- "When My Uncle Was Bewitched": story in Munsee with English translation
- Munsee translation of morning and evening prayers by Church of England, J. B. Wampum, and H. C. Hogg (1886) (scanned text). Public Domain.
- Collection of hymns in Munsee and English by Charles Halfmoon (1874) (scanned text). Public Domain.
- Catechisms (summary of Christian principles in question-answer form) in Munsee (1852) (scanned text with no English translation). Public Domain.
- The Story of Noah in Munsee Delaware: sentence-by-sentence transcription and translation of a version of the Biblical story of Noah's ark based on the 1980s audio recording of Emily Johnson for the Global Recordings Network.
