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The Algonquian languages ( or ; also Algonkian) are a subfamily of Native American languages which includes most of the languages in the Algic language family. 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 ), "they are our relatives/allies". A number of Algonquian languages, like many of the Iroquoian languages of the hereditary enemies of the Algonquian peoples, have already become extinct. 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. There is no scholarly consensus as to the territory where this language was spoken. ==Family division== This subfamily of around 30 languages is divided into three groups according to geography: Plains, Central, and Eastern Algonquian. Only Eastern Algonquian constitutes a true genetic subgroup. The languages are listed below, following the classifications of Goddard (1996) and Mithun (1999). Extinct languages are marked with †, and endangered languages are noted as such. For dialects and subdialects, consult the separate main articles for each of the three divisions. : ''Plains'' :: 1. Blackfoot :: ''Arapahoan'' (including Nawathinehena (†), and Besawunena (†)) ::: 2. Arapaho proper ::: 3. Gros Ventre (†) :: 4. Cheyenne (Šahíyena) : ''Central'' :: 5. Cree–Montagnais–Naskapi :: 6. Menominee (severely endangered) :: ''Ojibwe–Potawatomi'' ::: 7. Ojibwe (Očipwe˙) ::: 8. Potawatomi (nearly extinct) :: 9. Sauk–Fox–Kickapoo (severely endangered) :: 10. Shawnee (Ša˙wano˙ki) (severely endangered) :: 11. Miami–Illinois (†) : ''Eastern'' :: 12. Mi'kmaq :: ''Abenaki'' ::: 13. Western Abenaki (nearly extinct) ::: 14. Eastern Abenaki (†) :: 15. Malecite–Passamaquoddy :: 16. Massachusett :: 17. Narragansett (†) :: 18. Mohegan–Pequttôog (†) :: 19. Quiripi-Naugatuck-Unquachog (†) :: 20. Mahican (†) :: ''Delawarean'' ::: 21. Munsee (nearly extinct) ::: 22. Unami (†) :: 23. Nanticoke–Piscataway (†) :: 24. Carolina Algonquian (†) :: 25. Powhatan (†) :: 26. Etchemin (†) (uncertain - See Eastern Algonquian languages) :: 27. Loup A (†) (probably Nipmuck (†), uncertain - See Eastern Algonquian languages) :: 28. Loup B (†) (uncertain - See Eastern Algonquian languages) :: 29. Shinnecock (†) (uncertain) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Algonquian languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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