Algonquian languages

E9023
Indigenous language family language family

The Algonquian languages are a large family of Indigenous languages of North America historically spoken from the Atlantic Coast to the Great Plains, including well-known languages such as Ojibwe, Cree, and Wampanoag.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Algonquian languages 7
Central Algonquian 4
Eastern Algonquian languages 4

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
historicalRange pre-Columbian North America ⓘ
includesLanguage Abenaki ⓘ
surface form: Abenaki language

Algonquian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Algonquin language

Arapaho language ⓘ
Atikamekw language ⓘ
Blackfoot ⓘ
surface form: Blackfoot language

Cheyenne language ⓘ
Cree language ⓘ
Delaware language ⓘ
Eastern Abenaki language ⓘ
Fox language ⓘ
Gros Ventre language ⓘ
Kickapoo language ⓘ
Munsee language ⓘ
surface form: Lenape language

Mahican language ⓘ
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language ⓘ
Massachusett language ⓘ
Menominee language ⓘ
Mi'kmaq language ⓘ
Miami-Illinois language ⓘ
Narragansett language ⓘ
surface form: Mohegan-Pequot language

Cree language ⓘ
surface form: Moose Cree language

Munsee language ⓘ
Narragansett language ⓘ
Naskapi language ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
surface form: Ojibwe language

Cree language ⓘ
surface form: Plains Cree language

Potawatomi ⓘ
surface form: Potawatomi language

Shawnee language ⓘ
Cree language ⓘ
surface form: Swampy Cree language

Unami language ⓘ
Wampanoag language ⓘ
Western Abenaki language ⓘ
languageBranch Algonquian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Algonquian

Algonquian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Algonquian

Algonquian languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Plains Algonquian
notableFeature animate-inanimate gender distinction ⓘ
complex polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
obviative grammatical category ⓘ
rich verb inflection ⓘ
region Atlantic coast of North America ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Coast of North America

Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Woodlands

Great Plains ⓘ
Subarctic ⓘ
spokenBy Abenaki ⓘ
surface form: Algonquian peoples
status many languages endangered ⓘ
some languages revitalized ⓘ
subfamilyOf Algic languages ⓘ
usedIn oral tradition of Algonquian peoples ⓘ
writingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (101)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nipmuc → traditionalLanguage → Algonquian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Algonquian language