Algonquian language family
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- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Language, Linguistics, Philology
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History, Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Canada, United States
Article abstract: Proto-Algonquian is probably the best-known proto-language of the North American Indian languages north of Mexico, most likely because of the wide geographic spread of Algonquian tribes and the large number of researchers studying this family.
The Algonquian language family may be divided into three major groups: central, eastern, and western. The central languages are Cree, Montagnais, Naskapi, Menominee, Fox, Sauk, Kickapoo, Shawnee, Peoria, Miami, Illinois, Potawatomi, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Algonquin, Saulteaux, Delaware (Lenni Lenape), and...
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