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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 .
All these languages descend from Proto-Algic, a second-order proto-language estimated [citation needed] to have been spoken about 7,000 years ago and reconstructed using the reconstructed Proto-Algonquian language and the Wiyot and Yurok languages. Text in Cree. Cree is the most widely spoken Algic language.
The Random House Dictionary of the English Language [RHD], 2nd ed. (unabridged). New York: Random House. Siebert, Frank T. (1975). "Resurrecting Virginia Algonquian from the Dead: The Reconstituted and Historical Phonology of Powhatan". In Studies in Southeastern Indian Languages, ed. James M. Crawford, pp. 285–453. Athens: University of ...
Ojibwe (/ oʊ ˈ dʒ ɪ b w eɪ / oh-JIB-way), [2] also known as Ojibwa (/ oʊ ˈ dʒ ɪ b w ə / oh-JIB-wə), [3] [4] [5] Ojibway, Otchipwe, [6] Ojibwemowin, or Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian language family. [7] [8] The language is characterized by a series of dialects that have local names and ...
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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] Severn Ojibwa speakers have also been identified as Northern Ojibwa, [4] and the same term has been applied to their dialect. [5] Severn Ojibwa speakers use two self-designations in their own ...
Mohegan-Pequot (also known as Mohegan-Pequot-Montauk, Secatogue, and Shinnecock-Poosepatuck; dialects in New England included Mohegan, Pequot, and Niantic; and on Long Island, Montaukett and Shinnecock) is an Algonquian language formerly spoken by indigenous peoples in southern present-day New England and eastern Long Island.
A conflict for the preservation of the language, is that the original syllabary created was intended for the use of native Sauk speakers, and its clarification was designed from the Sauk language. This is a problem because this is no longer as helpful for the majority of the Sac and Fox nation, as the official tribe language today is English.