 Lenapehoking, the original Lenape territory.[1] The Unalachtigo are from the southern region in dark green | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 United States ( New Jersey) | |
| Languages | |
| English, formerly Unami | |
| Religion | |
| traditional tribal religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Lenape |
The Unalachtigo were a purported division of the Lenape (Delaware Indians), a Native American tribe whose homeland Lenapehoking[a] was in what is today the Northeastern United States. They were part of the Forks Indians.[3]
The name was a Munsee language term for the Unami-speakers of west-central New Jersey. Moravian missionaries called the Lenape people of the Forks region near Easton, Pennsylvania "Unami," and the Northern Unami language-speakers in New Jersey "Unalachtigo." It is debated whether Unalachtigo constituted a distinct dialect of Unami.[4] Unalachtigo words were recorded in 17th-century vocabulary drawn from the Sankhikan band of Lenape in New Jersey.[5]
The Sankhikan band were enemies of the Manhattan people, who spoke Munsee[5]
- ^ Newman 10
- ^ Janowitz, Meta F.; Dallal, Diane (3 Feb 2013). Tales of Gotham, Historical Archaeology, Ethnohistory and Microhistory of New York City. Springer. p. 7. ISBN 9781461452720. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ Goddard, "Delaware," 236
- ^ Goddard, "Languages," 73
- ^ a b Goddard, "Delaware," 215
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