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The Algonquin consonants p, t and k are unaspirated when they are pronounced between two vowels or after an m or n; plain voiceless and voiceless aspirated stops in Algonquin are thus allophones. So kìjig ('day') is pronounced [kʰiːʒɪɡ] , but anokì kìjig ('working day') is pronounced [ʌnokiː kiːʒɪɡ] .
The term Algonquin has been suggested to derive from the Maliseet word elakómkwik (pronounced [ɛlæˈɡomoɡwik]), "they are our relatives/allies". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Speakers of Algonquian languages stretch from the east coast of North America to the Rocky Mountains .
Miami–Illinois (endonym: myaamia, [a]) [3] is an indigenous Algonquian language spoken in the United States, primarily in Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, western Ohio and adjacent areas along the Mississippi River by the Miami and Wea as well as the tribes of the Illinois Confederation, including the Kaskaskia, Peoria, Tamaroa, and possibly Mitchigamea.
Algonquin couple, 18th-century watercolor. The first Algonquian encountered by the French were the Kitcisìpiriniwak ("Ottawa River Men"; singular: Kitcisìpirini), whose village was located on an island in the Ottawa River; the French called this group La Nation de l'Isle.
Animohš-∅ dog- PROX owâpamân sees pôsîns-an. cat- OBV Animohš-∅ owâpamân pôsîns-an. dog-PROX sees cat-OBV The dog sees a cat. Animohš-an cat- PROX owâpamân sees pôsîns-∅. dog- OBV Animohš-an owâpamân pôsîns-∅. cat-PROX sees dog-OBV The cat sees a dog. Ojibwa verbs also mark whether the action is direct or inverse. In the first two examples the action takes place ...
Algonquin Regional High School, in Northborough, MA, named its art and poetry magazine Sachem after this Algonquian word. [citation needed] Laconia High School, in Laconia, NH, refers to all of its athletic teams as the "Sachems". [citation needed] Middleborough High School, in Middleboro, MA, refers to all of its athletic teams as the "Sachems".
Algonquin or Algonquian—and the variation Algonki(a)n—may refer to: Languages and peoples. Algonquian languages, a large subfamily of Native American ...
Chippewa (native name: Anishinaabemowin; [4] also known as Southwestern Ojibwa/Ojibwe/Ojibway/ Ojibwemowin) is an Algonquian language spoken from upper Michigan westward to North Dakota in the United States. [4]