ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Algonquian language mean? 

• ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGE (noun)
  The noun ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGE has 1 sense:

1. family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains

  Familiarity information: ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGE (noun)

Meaning:

Family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Algonquian language; Algonquian; Algonquin

Hypernyms ("Algonquian language" is a kind of...):

American Indian; American-Indian language; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Algonquian language"):

Abnaki (the Algonquian language spoken by the Abnaki and Penobscot)

Menominee; Menomini (the Algonquian language spoken by the Menomini)

Micmac (the Algonquian language of the Micmac)

Mahican; Mohican (the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican)

Nanticoke (the Algonquian language spoken by the Nanticoke and Conoy)

Chippewa; Ojibwa; Ojibway (the Algonquian language spoken by the Ojibwa)

Pamlico (the Algonquian language of the Pamlico)

Potawatomi (the Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi)

Powhatan (the Algonquian language of the Powhatan)

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)

Algonkian; Algonkin (the Algonquian language spoken by the Algonkian)

Arapaho; Arapahoe (the Algonquian language spoken by the Arapaho)

Blackfoot (any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot)

Cheyenne (the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne)

Cree (the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree)

Delaware (the Algonquian language spoken by the Delaware)

Fox (the Algonquian language of the Fox)

Illinois (the Algonquian language of the Illinois and Miami)

Shawnee (the Algonquian language spoken by the Shawnee)