Algonquian languages

Algonquian
Algonkian
Geographic distribution	North America
Linguistic classification	Algic Algonquian
Proto-language	Proto-Algonquian
Subdivisions	Arapahoan Blackfoot Cheyenne Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi Eastern Algonquian Menominee Meskwaki-Sauk-Kickapoo Miami-Illinois Ojibwe-Potawatomi Shawnee
ISO 639-2 / 5	alg
Glottolog	algo1256  (Algonquian-Blackfoot) algo1257
Pre-contact distribution of Algonquian languages

The Algonquian languages (/ælˈɡɒŋk(w)iən/ al-GONG-k(w)ee-ən;^[1] also Algonkian) are a subfamily of the Indigenous languages of the Americas and most of the languages in the Algic language family are included in the group. The name of the Algonquian language family is distinguished from the orthographically similar Algonquin dialect of the Indigenous Ojibwe language (Chippewa), which is a senior member of the Algonquian language family. The term Algonquin has been suggested to derive from the Maliseet word elakómkwik (pronounced [ɛlæˈɡomoɡwik]), "they are our relatives/allies".^[2][3]

Speakers of Algonquian languages stretch from the east coast of North America to the Rocky Mountains. The proto-language from which all of the languages of the family descend, Proto-Algonquian, was spoken around 2,500 to 3,000 years ago.^[4] There is no scholarly consensus about where this language was spoken.