Algic family
Unami
1600 CE – 2002 CE Extinct
Unami (1600 CE – 2002 CE) is an extinct Algic language. Lineage: Proto-Algic → Proto-Algonquian → Proto-Eastern Algonquian → Unami.
See Unami on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
- unm
- Glottocode
- unam1242
Lenape (Delaware) language of the Delaware Valley. The last fluent speaker died in 2002; revitalization work continues in Oklahoma.
Lineage
- Proto-Algicc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Proto-Algonquianc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE
- Proto-Eastern Algonquianc. 0 CE – 800 CE
- Unami1600 CE – 2002 CE
Sister languages 3
Also descended from Proto-Eastern Algonquian.