Western Delaware: Language Awareness Program (Ring-bound)

~ Delaware Language Preservation Committee (Author)

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Product Description

Delaware is the language of the Leni Lenape people. They lived along what came to be known as the Delaware River in the present states of New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. This language program has a complete pronunciation guide and a 200 word glossary and provides the most complete Leni Lenape language tape and workbook program available. With this three tape, 21 lesson workbook, you will learn common phrases, family terms, numbers, tribal names and more. Recommended for the serious learner.

About the Author

The program is primarily the result of a one year language preservation project undertaken by the Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma and funded by the Administration for Native Americans. A special recognition is made to the many tribal elders who provided a body of data and a legacy on which to build this project. The program was designed by Dallas Ann Dennis,Glady Yackeyonny and Margaret Farrow. Other contributors: James Rementer, language scholar; Dr. Ives Goddard of the Smithsonian; Dr. Bruce Pearson of the University of South Carolina, Luch Blalock, Leonard Thompson, and Irene Tiger.

Product Details

• Ring-bound: 100 pages
• Publisher: Various Indian Peoples Publishing, Inc. (August 13, 1997)
• ISBN-10: 1884655386
• ISBN-13: 978-1884655388
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 10 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,004,388 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Western Delaware Language Tapes and Book, February 9, 2009

By	B. Shapiro - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

These materials are excellent. In 3 weeks, I already have a beginning grasp of Lenape sentence structure, grammar, and vocabulary.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Lenape, NOT [...] NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE [trust me], September 26, 2005

A Kid's Review

This excllent binder* contains 100 pages and 3 tapes [audio],it also has 20 lessons and a glossary. If you don't live in Oklahoma [like me] sometimes you won't be able to understand the lenape speaker's accent. I have been looking foreward to learning the Lenni Lenape language* and culture for a long time. I already know how to count from number one to number five. It is easy to learn if you study for a very long time and remember some words. I reccomend this to anyone who wants to speak Lenape.

*This kit will teach you how to speak the Unami dialect of Lenape, not Munsee. I am sorry for those people who want to speak Munsee. Try other items from Amazon! I found one.

* This binder may look a little home-made but don't be dissapointed with this binder.