Algic family
Munsee
1600 CE – today Living
Munsee (1600 CE – today) is a living Algic language. Lineage: Proto-Algic → Proto-Algonquian → Proto-Eastern Algonquian → Munsee.
See Munsee on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
- umu
- Glottocode
- muns1251
Lenape (Delaware) language of the lower Hudson. A handful of elderly speakers remain at Moraviantown, Ontario.
Lineage
- Proto-Algicc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Proto-Algonquianc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE
- Proto-Eastern Algonquianc. 0 CE – 800 CE
- Munsee1600 CE – today
Sister languages 3
Also descended from Proto-Eastern Algonquian.