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ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
Synonyms:
Algonquian; Algonquian language; Algonquin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Algonquian language" is a kind of...):
American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Algonquian language"):
Shawnee (the Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee)
Powhatan (the Algonquian language of the Powhatan)
Potawatomi (the Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi)
Pamlico (the Algonquian language of the Pamlico)
Chippewa; Ojibwa; Ojibway (the Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa)
Nanticoke (the Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy)
Mahican; Mohican (the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican)
Micmac (the Algonquian language of the Micmac)
Menominee; Menomini (the Algonquian language spoken by the Menomini)
Massachuset; Massachusetts (the Algonquian language of the Massachuset)
Malecite; Maleseet (the Algonquian language of the Malecite and Passamaquody)
Kickapoo (the Algonquian language of the Kickapoo)
Illinois (the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami)
Fox (the Algonquian language of the Fox)
Delaware (the Algonquian language spoken by the Delaware)
Cree (the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree)
Cheyenne (the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne)
Blackfoot (any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot)
Arapaho; Arapahoe (the Algonquian language spoken by the Arapaho)
Algonkian; Algonkin (the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian)
Abnaki (the Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot)
