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The Algonquian languages (/ æ l ˈ ɡ ɒ ŋ k (w) i ə n / al-GONG-k(w)ee-ən; also Algonkian) are a subfamily of the Indigenous languages of the Americas and most of the languages in the Algic language family are included in the group.
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The Algic languages (also Algonquian–Wiyot–Yurok or Algonquian–Ritwan) are an indigenous language family of North America. Most Algic languages belong to the Algonquian subfamily, dispersed over a broad area from the Rocky Mountains to Atlantic Canada .
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There are about 30 languages. The three categories of the Algonquian languages are Plains Algonquian Languages, Central Algonquian Languages and Eastern Algonquian Languages. Speakers of Algonquian languages stretch from the east coast of North America all the way to the Rocky Mountains. The language from which all of the languages of the ...
The language families included in Macro-Algonquian are Algonquian, with 13 languages; Yurok, with 1 language; Wiyot, with 1 language; Muskogean, with 4 languages; and Natchez, Atakapa, Chitimacha, Tunica, and Tonkawa, with 1 language apiece of the same name.
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Sep 22, 2023 · Algonquian languages. Distribution of Algonquian languages in North America pre-contact with the Europeans. Algonquian languages are a family of indigenous languages of North America that are part of the Algic languages family. The Algonquian family is divided into three main geographic groups: Plains, Central and Eastern.
The three Plains Algonquian language groups are (1) Blackfoot, (2) Cheyenne, and (3) the Arapahoan languages, which include Arapaho, Gros Ventre (Atsina), and Nawathinehena. Current speakers number in the low thousands for Blackfoot and Cheyenne and in the hundreds for Arapaho. No native speakers of Gros Ventre or Nawathinehena remain.