Plains Algonquian

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Plains Algonquian is a branch of the Algonquian language family traditionally spoken by Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains.

All labels observed (5)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian language subgroup
branch of language family
geographicDistribution Canada
Great Plains region
linked to: Great Plains

United States
hasMemberLanguage Arapaho language
Blackfoot language
Cheyenne language
Fox language
Gros Ventre language
Kickapoo language
Menominee language
Meskwaki language
Miami-Illinois language
Plains Cree
Plains Ojibwe
linked to: Ojibwe

Potawatomi language
Shawnee language
hasSubgroup Central Plains Algonquian
linked to: Plains Algonquian

Western Plains Algonquian
linked to: Plains Algonquian
higherClassification Algic
historicalStatus indigenous language branch of North America
languageFamily Algonquian
partOf Algic language family
linked to: Algic languages

Algonquian languages
regionType Plains linguistic area
relatedTo Central Algonquian
Eastern Algonquian
spokenIn North American Great Plains
linked to: Great Plains
status many member languages endangered
some member languages extinct
some member languages still spoken natively
traditionalSpeakers Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains
linked to: Plains Indians
typologicalFeature animacy-based grammar
direct–inverse alignment
head-marking syntax
obviative marking system
polysynthetic morphology
rich verb morphology
usedBy Arapaho people
Blackfoot people
linked to: Blackfoot

Cheyenne people
Cree peoples of the Plains
linked to: Cree peoples

Gros Ventre people
Ojibwe groups of the Plains
writingSystem Latin script (for many member languages)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Algic hasSubgroup Plains Algonquian
Blackfoot language subfamily Plains Algonquian
Proto-Algonquian language hasDescendant Plains Algonquian languages
linked to: Plains Algonquian
Eastern Algonquian languages closelyRelatedTo Plains Algonquian languages
linked to: Plains Algonquian
arp branchOf Plains Algonquian languages
linked to: Plains Algonquian
Hinónoʼeitíít subfamily Plains Algonquian languages
linked to: Plains Algonquian
Aaniiih language belongsToBranch Plains Algonquian
Atsina language branchOf Plains Algonquian languages
linked to: Plains Algonquian
Plains Algonquian hasSubgroup Central Plains Algonquian
linked to: Plains Algonquian
Plains Algonquian hasSubgroup Western Plains Algonquian
linked to: Plains Algonquian
Siksiká dialect subfamily Plains Algonquian languages
linked to: Plains Algonquian
Kainai dialect subfamily Plains Algonquian languages
linked to: Plains Algonquian
Piikani dialect subfamilyOf Plains Algonquian languages
linked to: Plains Algonquian
Aamsskáápipikani dialect languageBranch Plains Algonquian languages
linked to: Plains Algonquian
Atsina ethnographicCategory Plains Algonquian people
linked to: Plains Algonquian
Crow–Hidatsa branch hasHistoricalContact Plains Algonquian languages
linked to: Plains Algonquian