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| | From: Annie-LL (Original Message) | Sent: 10/13/2004 9:41 PM |
The language is called Lenape, just like the tribe. Unfortunately it is almost an extinct language with only a few elders, all 90+ in age, who speak it fluently. Some of the younger members of the tribe are trying to learn, but it is difficult. You can hear some of the words by going to the Delaware (Lenape) tribal website at http://www.cowboy.net/native/lenape and clicking on the language pages. They are in live audio format. The sounds in Lenape are arranged differently from those in English. Also, Lenape lacks the sounds of R, F, TH, V. However it adds the sound written as X (or ch in German) which sounds a bit like clearing the throat. Also there is a voiceless L like in the Welsh language, and there is a voiceless W . Many of the consonants in Lenape come in pairs, voiceless and voiced. They are as follows: voiced | B | D | G | J | Z | ZH | voiceless | P | T | K | CH | S | SH | The voiced sounds only occurs after a Nasal. B comes after an M, and all the rest come after N. So, if you see a Lenape placename written with any voiced consonants that don't have a nasal sound before them, the person who wrote it probably heard it wrong. Note: the e with an umlaut (ë) sounds like the A in the English words SOFA or ABOVE. Lenape Word | Meaning | Comments [source] | Achsinnaminschi | Sugar Maple Tree | [Heckewelder] | Lenape | Original People | (Often written as Lenni-Lenape, but the "Lenni" is redundant. The first part of Lenape (Len-) means the same, so it's like saying "English Englishman.") | Mahchikwpi | Paw-paw (fruit) | Mahchikwpiakw | Paw-paw tree | Minsi | the Lenape who lived in the upper reaches of the Delaware watershed | variously as Munsi, Munsee, Monsi, Minsi, Muncey | Munhacanimischi | Dog Wood (Munsi) | [Heckewelder] | Sakima | a chief | Wënilaxtiku | Unalachtigo - The Lenape people who lived in the southern area. It was translated as "People detached from where there are waves." | [Nora T Dean] | Wënami (Unami) | Unami - The Lenape people who lived south of the Raritan River and the Delaware Water Gap | Kekw | a wampum bead | Kekok | wampum beads | Historically wampum represented a memorial to an event. (After the Europeans introduced steel awls the natives began making more sophisticated wampum and using it as money.) | Wikwam | house | Lenape Word | Animal / Bird | Ahas | crow | Chihopèkëlis | Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) | Chingwe | bobcat | Chiskukus | Robin (Turdus migratorius) | Chulëns | bird | Hinutët | Wren (Picoides pubescens) | Lelèmbëlis | Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) | Òkwës | fox | Pukwès | mouse | Sënihële | Sparrow Hawk -or- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) | Sàngwe | weasel | Tànktiyas | Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor) | Tàskëmus | Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) | Tëmakwe | beaver | Tëme | wolf | Tihtës | Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) | Wetëndeis | Scarlet Tanager (Pirange olivacea) | Wisawtayas | American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) | Xanikw | squirrel | Lenape Name | Modern Place Name | Meaning | Approximate English Pronunciation | Comments | Ahsën'pink | Assunpink Creek which flows thru Trenton | A rocky place that is watery | aH-sin-pink | H = a breath almost like a weak form of X, the guttural, and ë is like A in SOFA | Kanshihaking | (Conshohocken) | Elegant Land | Kahn-she-hock-keeng | Mëneyung | (Manayunk/Schuylkill River) | Place to drink | mun-nay-yoong | Mochijirickhicken | (Delaware River) | a large river where there are tides | | This is an old form from the Delaware Jargon, a trade language used between the Lenape and the whites. The words were Lenape, the word order was more like German or English. | Mochijirick | | the biggest one | meX-kee-luk | Mexkilëk in modern Lenape | Pahsayung | (Passayunk) | in the valley | paH-sah-yoong | Pahsayek | (Passaic) | Valley | paH-sah-yek | Pënëpekw | (Pennypack Creek) | water that flows downwards | pun-nep-peck | Siskuwihane | (Susquehanna River) | muddy river | Sees-koo-wee-hah-nay | Wikweko | (area near Philadelphia) | place where something ends | wee-kwek-koh | |
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Here are some others Annie , K' daholel - I love you ,
MAHWAH - Beautiful , N' gagelicksi - I laugh , N'
mikemosi - I work , N' schiwelendam - I am sorry , N'
manunxi - I am angry , Palli aal - Go away
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From: Annie-LL |
The language is called Lenape, just like the tribe.
Unfortunately it is almost an extinct language with only a few
elders, all 90+ in age, who speak it fluently. Some of the
younger members of the tribe are trying to learn, but it is
difficult.
You can hear some of the words by going to the Delaware
(Lenape) tribal website at http://www.cowboy.net/native/lenape and clicking
on the language pages. They are in live audio format.
The sounds in Lenape are arranged differently from those in
English. Also, Lenape lacks the sounds of R, F, TH, V. However
it adds the sound written as X (or ch in German) which sounds a
bit like clearing the throat. Also there is a voiceless L like
in the Welsh language, and there is a voiceless W .
Many of the consonants in Lenape come in pairs, voiceless and
voiced. They are as follows:
voiced |
B |
D |
G |
J |
Z |
ZH |
voiceless |
P |
T |
K |
CH |
S |
SH |
The voiced sounds only occurs after a Nasal. B comes after an
M, and all the rest come after N.
So, if you see a Lenape placename written with any voiced
consonants that don't have a nasal sound before them, the person
who wrote it probably heard it wrong.
Note: the e with an umlaut (ë) sounds like the A in the
English words SOFA or ABOVE.
Lenape Word |
Meaning |
Comments [source] |
Achsinnaminschi |
Sugar Maple Tree |
[Heckewelder] |
Lenape |
Original People |
(Often written as Lenni-Lenape, but the "Lenni" is
redundant. The first part of Lenape (Len-) means the same,
so it's like saying "English
Englishman.") |
Mahchikwpi |
Paw-paw (fruit) |
Mahchikwpiakw |
Paw-paw tree |
Minsi |
the Lenape who lived in the upper reaches of the
Delaware watershed |
variously as Munsi, Munsee, Monsi, Minsi, Muncey
|
Munhacanimischi |
Dog Wood (Munsi) |
[Heckewelder] |
Sakima |
a chief |
Wënilaxtiku |
Unalachtigo - The Lenape people who lived in the
southern area. It was translated as "People detached from
where there are waves." |
[Nora T Dean] |
Wënami (Unami) |
Unami - The Lenape people who lived south of the
Raritan River and the Delaware Water Gap |
Kekw |
a wampum bead |
Kekok |
wampum beads |
Historically wampum
represented a memorial to an event. (After the Europeans
introduced steel awls the natives began making more
sophisticated wampum and using it as money.) |
Wikwam |
house |
Lenape Word |
Animal / Bird |
Ahas |
crow |
Chihopèkëlis |
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) |
Chingwe |
bobcat |
Chiskukus |
Robin (Turdus migratorius) |
Chulëns |
bird |
Hinutët |
Wren (Picoides pubescens) |
Lelèmbëlis |
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) |
Òkwës |
fox |
Pukwès |
mouse |
Sënihële |
Sparrow Hawk -or- American Kestrel (Falco
sparverius) |
Sàngwe |
weasel |
Tànktiyas |
Tufted Titmouse (Parus bicolor) |
Tàskëmus |
Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) |
Tëmakwe |
beaver |
Tëme |
wolf |
Tihtës |
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) |
Wetëndeis |
Scarlet Tanager (Pirange olivacea) |
Wisawtayas |
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) |
Xanikw |
squirrel |
Lenape Name |
Modern Place Name |
Meaning |
Approximate English Pronunciation |
Comments |
Ahsën'pink |
Assunpink Creek which flows thru Trenton |
A rocky place that is watery |
aH-sin-pink |
H = a breath almost like a weak form of X, the
guttural, and ë is like A in SOFA |
Kanshihaking |
(Conshohocken) |
Elegant Land |
Kahn-she-hock-keeng |
Mëneyung |
(Manayunk/Schuylkill River) |
Place to drink |
mun-nay-yoong |
Mochijirickhicken |
(Delaware River) |
a large river where there are tides |
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This is an old form from the Delaware Jargon, a trade
language used between the Lenape and the whites. The words
were Lenape, the word order was more like German or
English. |
Mochijirick |
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the biggest one |
meX-kee-luk |
Mexkilëk in modern
Lenape |
Pahsayung |
(Passayunk) |
in the valley |
paH-sah-yoong |
Pahsayek |
(Passaic) |
Valley |
paH-sah-yek |
Pënëpekw |
(Pennypack Creek) |
water that flows downwards |
pun-nep-peck |
Siskuwihane |
(Susquehanna River) |
muddy river |
Sees-koo-wee-hah-nay |
Wikweko |
(area near Philadelphia) |
place where something ends |
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