Munsee
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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.
Corpora
Native Languages of the Americas: compilation of Munsee language resources (free for use for noncommercial educational purposes) including:
- Munsee words for colors with distinction between animate and inanimate nouns
- "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.
Audio/Video
- Oral narration of the story of Noah in Munsee (no text available)
