Linguistic Archaeology: The Lenap before At-Lendh-ies

 Pre-History of the Lenap

45% Counting down from Three.
• Nacha (three);

43% They are at this time 100% H linguistic Group. Count reaches Two. They are coastal, and involved in the harvest of Muscles and Clams as food. Crow (a word originating from the A-K linguistic subgroup to the north) and Eight (a word originating in the T linguistic group to the south).
• Nischa (Two),
• Ehes (Muscle, Clam),
• Nischasch (Seven),
• Achsin (Rock, Stone),
• Chaasch (Eight),
• Ahas (Crow),
• Chans (Brother, Elder Brother),
• Nechasin (Careful One),

40% They encounter Ground Squirrels and Chipmunks for the first time. Linguistic group blurs at this point as A and S use rise to equal to H.
• Anicus (Squirrel, Ground Squirrel, Chipmunk),

37% They are at this time 88% H linguistic group as it becomes dominant. Arrows are in use. Putting this at around 18,000BC? Deer are available as a food source. The region they are in has White Cedar trees. Wood is gathered for various uses including fuel for fires.
• Ilau (Valor, Man of Valor)
• Linchen (Wind, West Wind)
• Natachtu (Wood Gatherer)
• Litchen (Thinker),
• Nechit (Third),
• Tschitani (Stronger),
• Etschihillat (Mediator),
• Ehalluchsit (Mighty and Powerful One),
• Nihillatchi (Free One, to Be One’s Own Person),
• Helleniechsin (Indian Language, One Who Speaks),
• Tatchen (Little One),
• Nitis (Companion),
• Tschutti (Comrade),
• Achtu (Deer),
• Talala (Cedar, White Cedar Tree),
• Alluns (Arrow),

At 33% a great journey is undertaken...