Wikibooks: WikiLang/Algonquian

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; atikamekw; Malecite; naskapi
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/WikiLang/Algonquian

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. However only [[Eastern Algonquian]] is a true genetic subgroup the others being only geographical divisions (i.e. the languages were spoken in the same area they are not more related to each another than languages from another groups). The Algonquian family includes around 30 languages. = Eastern Algonquian = See detailed page [[Eastern Algonquian]] Eastern Algonquian languages are indigenous to the Atlantic coast of Canada and United States and the regions immediately inland from it. Prior to European contact it included at least 17 languages. On those [[Mi kmaq]] and [[Malecite Passamaquoddy]] languages are the only two with a relatively appreciable number of speakers today. Some others still have a few speakers but most Eastern Algonquian languages are extinct. See the detailed page for the list of Eastern Algonquian languages. = Central Algonquian = Central Algonquian languages include [[Cree languages]] [[Atikamekw]] [[East Cree]] [[Northern East Cree]] [[Southern East Cree]] [[Innu]] [[Moose Cree]] [[Naskapi]] [[Plains Cree]] [[Swampy Cree]] [[Woods Cree]] [[Fox]] [[Kickapoo]] [[Mascouten]] (extinct and unattested) [[Menominee]] [[Miami Illinois]] [[Ojibwe languages]] [[Algonquin]] [[Chippewa]] [[Central Ojibwe]] [[Eastern Ojibwe]] [[Northern Ojibwe]] [[Oji Cree]] [[Ottawa]] [[Western Ojibwe]] [[Potawatomi]] [[Sauk]] [[Shawnee]] = Plains Algonquian = Plains Algonquian languages are indigenous to the Great Plains of Northern United States and Southern Canada. Within the Algonquian languages family Plains Algonquian languages are the ones that diverged the most from the common ancestor [[Proto Algonquian]]. Plains Algonquian languages include [[Arapahoan languages]] [[Arapho]] [[Besawunena]] (extinct) [[Gros Ventre]] [[Ha anahawunena]] (extinct) [[Nawathinehena]] (extinct) [[Blackfoot]] ...