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Munsee is an endangered language that comes from the Native American tribes of Delaware. It is similar in composition to other Algonquin languages coming from the same area [citation needed]. Influences on this specific language include the Unami,and the Mahican cultures that existed in the same area at the same time. There is also evidence to suggest Dutch influence [citation needed]. Munsee has been translated into English as can be seen through prayers and songs.

Linguistic Variation
Currently, Munsee has 8 native speakers whose personal dialects vary from each other. Extensive details about how the language differs between all 8 speakers have been cataloged in a paper by Ives Goddard titled "The Personal Dialects of Moraviantown Delaware" which was published in Anthropological Linguistics volume 52.

Optional pronunciation of final /-w/
Nouns and verbs that end in -i•w, -e•w and -a•w, some speakers often dropped the -w. This drop also carried over into "careful speech".

Particles originally in /-i/ and /-e/
A large class of particles and pre-words that are usually heard with final /-ɘ/ retained the original /-i/ in the speech of some speakers.

Verb endings originally in /-i/ and /-e/
Words that end with the negative suffix /-wi/ or the subjunctive suffix /-e/ had variants with final /-ɘ/.

Particles originally in /-Í•wi/
Another large class of particles and pre-words are found in older sources ending in /-Í·wi/, e.g.

Variation between | a | and | ə |
Some words have variation between underlying | a | and | ə |. It is possible to determine which vowel is older and which might be the innovation by using evidence from other algonquin languages, other Munsee communities and earlier sources.

Variation between short and long vowels
An initial and three words show variation between short and long vowels. These words are:

ans ~ a·ns- '  scoop': ánsham ~ á•nsham 'he dips up water'

me•xalapó•ti•s ~ me•xa•làpó•ti-s 'spider'

wekó•li•s ~ we•kó•li•s 'whippoorwill'

yankw(ǎ)té•ho•n ~ ya•nkw(ă)té•ho•n 'apron'

Variation between | nš | and | nč |.
Two words have | nš | varying with with | nč |. T

These words are xwaskó-nšəy ~ xwaskó-nčəy 'corncob' and sànǎkó-nšə̃yak ~ sànǎkó-nčə̃yak 'elderberries'.

Other differences in a single segment
A number of cases are present where one segment varies or is variably present.

For example, / t / is replaced by / k / in le•làpatíhte•k (etc.) ~ le•làpatíhke•k (etc.) 'juneberry'.

Nouns with variably present /-əw/.
Some nouns are found with and without a final /-əw/.

Bird names with | l | ~ | n |.
In two bird names, | l | varies with | n |.

For example: ' taskãmális -~ taskamáni•s 'kingfisher' ; ši•wa•pé•kăli•š ~ ši•wa•pé•kăni•š 'bluebird'' '. ''

More complex variation
Some words have more complex patterns of variation. For example: the word "table" - e•həntáxpwi•nk is the original. The word is sometimes changed to e•həntáxpo•n which is the same word but it is reshaped as a derived noun.

Different words
Some cases involve different words or "highly divergent variants" used as synonyms. For example, there are 4 ways to say "eyelashes" that are seen in the personal dialects.