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)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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