Algic languages

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Native American language family language family

Algic languages are a Native North American language family that includes the widespread Algonquian branch along with a few closely related but more geographically restricted languages.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Algic language family	6

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American language family ⓘ language family ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Algonquian languages ⓘ Wiyot language ⓘ Yurok language ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Canada ⓘ Great Plains ⓘ Northeastern North America ⓘ Northern Mexico ⓘ Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast Subarctic region ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasAncestor	Proto-Algic language ⓘ
hasPart	Algonquian languages ⓘ Proto-Algic language ⓘ Ritwan languages ⓘ Wiyot language ⓘ Yurok language ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Algonquian languages ⓘ surface form: Algonquian branch Ritwan branch ⓘ
includes	Arapaho language ⓘ Blackfoot language ⓘ Cheyenne language ⓘ Cree language ⓘ Eastern Abenaki language ⓘ Fox language ⓘ Munsee language ⓘ surface form: Lenape language Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language ⓘ Massachusett language ⓘ Menominee language ⓘ Mi’kmaq ⓘ surface form: Mi'kmaq language Ojibwe ⓘ surface form: Ojibwe language Plains Cree ⓘ surface form: Plains Cree language Potawatomi language ⓘ Shawnee language ⓘ Western Abenaki language ⓘ
morphologicalFeature	animate–inanimate gender distinction ⓘ complex verb morphology ⓘ obviation system in many Algonquian languages ⓘ
phonologicalFeature	rich consonant inventory in many daughter languages ⓘ
recognizedAs	major language family of North America ⓘ
status	many member languages are endangered ⓘ some member languages are extinct ⓘ
subclassOf	Amerindian languages ⓘ
typology	head-marking language ⓘ polysynthetic language ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script