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Algonquian language family
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Algonquian_language_family
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
language family
gptkbp:child
gptkb:Central_Algonquian
gptkb:Plains_Algonquian
gptkb:Eastern_Algonquian
gptkbp:class
one of the largest Native American language families
gptkbp:distribution
from the subarctic to the southeastern United States
from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast
gptkbp:ethnologue_code
58-AAA-a
gptkbp:firstDescribed
gptkb:Henry_Rowe_Schoolcraft
gptkbp:glottologCode
algo1251
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
spoken by many indigenous peoples before European contact
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Algonquian language family
gptkbp:ISO639-3
alg
gptkbp:language
over 30
gptkbp:linguisticFeature
polysynthetic morphology
complex verb structure
gptkbp:notableContributor
gptkb:Leonard_Bloomfield
gptkb:Ives_Goddard
gptkb:John_Hewson
Frank Siebert
gptkbp:notableLanguage
gptkb:Cheyenne
gptkb:Cree
gptkb:Fox
gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkb:Ojibwe
gptkb:Lenape
gptkb:Menominee
gptkb:Potawatomi
gptkb:Mi'kmaq
gptkb:Arapaho
gptkb:Massachusett
gptkb:Munsee
gptkb:Nanticoke
gptkb:Maliseet
gptkbp:parent
Algic
gptkbp:region
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Northern_Mexico
gptkbp:status
many languages endangered
some languages extinct
gptkbp:subfamily
gptkb:Algic_languages
gptkbp:writingSystem
gptkb:Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics
gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Northern_Cheyenne
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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