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[9780990334460] 2021. (Mass market paperback) As new. vii, 221pp. 4to. As new. Presents as an edition of three primers in the Southern Unami dialect of the Delaware lanuage that were first written by Ira D. Blanchard in 1834 and 1842. The Short titles are 'Linapi'e Lrkvekun (Blanchard, 1834a), Linapie Lrkvekun (Blanchard, 1834b), and the Delaware First Book (Blanchard [and Johnnycake], 1842). The language is written in an alphabet long out of use, and the information in the primers has been, in essence, until this publication. Southern Unami is the heritage language of the DelawareTribe of Indians (Bartlesville, Oklahoma) and the Delaware Nation of Western Oklahoma (Anadarko, Oklahoma. …