Native Language Revitalization of Ramapo
The Ramapo Mountain Indians, also known as Ramapough Lunaape Nation, are a group of approximately 5,000 people living around the Ramapo Mountains of northern New Jersey and southern New York.
The Ramapough are engaged in an effort to revitalize the Munsee language (also known as Lunáapeew) , spoken by their indigenous ancestors of the New York and New Jersey areas. In the past several decades Munsee has survived as a living language among sister tribes in Canada. The natural recirculation of the language to its original land is due to the great work of native people and linguists. Traditional native life among the Ramapough, partnered with language renewal, remains with a sense of pride.
Munsee is part of the great Algonquian family of languages. It is a distinct language from the closely related Lënape (Southern Unami-Delaware). It is also related to Mahican.
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The Ramapough are engaged in an effort to revitalize the Munsee language (also known as Lunáapeew) , spoken by their indigenous ancestors of the New York and New Jersey areas. In the past several decades Munsee has survived as a living language among sister tribes in Canada. The natural recirculation of the language to its original land is due to the great work of native people and linguists. Traditional native life among the Ramapough, partnered with language renewal, remains with a sense of pride.
Munsee is part of the great Algonquian family of languages. It is a distinct language from the closely related Lënape (Southern Unami-Delaware). It is also related to Mahican.
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