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You may already speak a little Lenape and not even know it.

Across New Jersey, Lenape words live on in the names of towns, rivers, lakes, mountains, and neighborhoods. Every time we say names like Raritan, Hackensack, Passaic, or Manasquan, we echo a language spoken here for thousands of years.

Raritan | Piscataway | Watchung | Hackensack | Passaic | Metuchen | Rahway | Secaucus | Hoboken | Weehawken | Mahwah | Allamuchy | Ramapo | Totowa | Ho-Ho-Kus | Weequahic | Communipaw | Succasunna | Pequannock | Lopatcong |   Matawan | Musconetcong | Manasquan | Mantoloking | Navesink | Hopatcong