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The Algic languages (also Algonquian–Wiyot–Yurok or Algonquian–Ritwan) [1] [2] 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.
Algonquin is the language for which the entire Algonquian language subgroup is named; the similarity among the names often causes considerable confusion. Like many Native American languages, it is strongly verb-based, with most meaning being incorporated into verbs instead of using separate words for prepositions, tense, etc.
The etymology is disputed: two possible sources are an Algonquian word for "counsel", 'cau´-cau-as´u'; or the Algonquian cawaassough, meaning an advisor, talker, or orator. [11] Chinkapin (definition) From Powhatan chechinquamins, [12] reconstituted as */t͡ʃiːht͡ʃiːnkweːmins/, the plural form. [13] Chipmunk (definition)
The Algonquian languages (/ æ l ˈ ɡ ɒ ŋ k (w) i ə n / al-GONG-k(w)ee-ən; [1] also Algonkian) are a family of Indigenous languages of the Americas and most of the languages in the Algic language family are included in the group.
Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian is an Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian languages.It was formerly spoken by the Powhatan people of tidewater Virginia.Following 1970s linguistic research by Frank Thomas Siebert, Jr., some of the language has been reconstructed with assistance from better-documented Algonquian languages, and attempts are being made to revive it.
Ojibwa is a member of the Algonquian language family, itself a member of the Algic language family. The language is often referred to in English as Oji-Cree , with the term Severn Ojibwa (or Ojibwe ) primarily used by linguists and anthropologists. [ 3 ]
The Algonquin dialect of Ojibwe is spoken in communities in northwestern Quebec and eastern Ontario (to be distinguished from the name of the Algonquian language family). Algonquin is spoken along the Ottawa River valley east of the Quebec- Ontario border, centered around Lake Abitibi .
Other than those involving a consonant plus /j/ or /w/, the only possible consonant cluster is /ʃk/.. Until the early 1900s, Fox was a phonologically very conservative language and preserved many features of Proto-Algonquian; records from the decades immediately following 1900 are particularly useful to Algonquianists for this reason.