WebThe Algonquian languages (/ æ l ˈ ɡ ɒ ŋ k i ə n / or / æ l ˈ ɡ ɒ ŋ k w i ə n /; also Algonkian) are a subfamily of indigenous American languages that include most languages in the Algic language family.The name of the Algonquian language family is distinguished from the orthographically similar Algonquin dialect of the Indigenous Ojibwe language …

WebAlgonquian languages, also spelled Algonkian, North American Indian language family whose member languages are or were spoken in Canada, New England, the Atlantic coastal region southward to North Carolina, and the Great Lakes region and surrounding areas westward to the Rocky Mountains. Among the numerous Algonquian languages are …

WebAlgonquin (also spelled Algonkin; in Algonquin: Anicinàbemowin or Anishinàbemiwin) is either a distinct Algonquian language closely related to the Ojibwe language or a particularly divergent Ojibwe dialect.It is spoken, alongside French and to some extent English, by the Algonquin First Nations of Quebec and Ontario.As of 2006, there were …

WebThus began a journey that, through the joint collaborative efforts of the Mashpee, Aquinnah, Assonet & Herring Pond Wampanoag communities, led to the birth of the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project (WLRP), a project that, after more than 150 years of dormancy, is bringing back to life the tribes' sacred privilege and right - our ancestral …

WebLanguages and peoples. Algonquian languages, a large subfamily of Native American languages in a wide swath of eastern North America from Canada to Virginia . Algonquin language, the language of the Algonquin people in Canada, for which the Algonquian languages group is named; Algonquian peoples, indigenous tribes of North America …

WebAlgonquin, North American Indian tribe of closely related Algonquian-speaking bands originally living in the dense forest regions of the valley of the Ottawa River and its tributaries in present-day Quebec and Ontario, Canada. The tribe should be differentiated from the Algonquian language family, as the latter term refers to a much larger entity composed …

WebOne of the most populous and widespread Native American groups, Algonquian tribes consist of peoples that speak Algonquian languages and historically shared cultural similarities. There are hundreds of original tribes that spoke several related dialects of the language group. Historically, they lived across eastern North America from the Atlantic …

Web"Wigwam" in different Algonquian languages. The English word wigwam derives from Eastern Abenaki wigwôm, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi. Others have similar names for the structure: wigwôm (with vowel syncope) in Abenaki; wiigiwaam in the Anishinaabe language. wiigwaam (with vowel syncope) in Eastern Ojibwe and in Odaawaa; wigwam …

WebState Parks Addresses Discriminatory Names and Inequities. Secretary for Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot, State Parks Director Armando Quintero and Department of Transportation Director Toks Omishakin announced a series of actions to identify and redress discriminatory names of features attached to the state parks and transportation …

WebAlgonkian or Algonquian. Which word is correct? When anthropologists classified Native American languages, they took all of the languages of the same language family as the Algonkin tribe (also called the Algonquin tribe) and called it the Algonquian or Algonkian language family.. Algonquian and Algonkian both refer to the Algonquin language or to …