Eastern Algonquian

American  

noun

1. a subgroup of the Algonquian language family, comprising the languages spoken aboriginally from Nova Scotia to northeastern North Carolina.

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Example Sentences

But Shinnecock and Unkechaug are part of a family of eastern Algonquian languages.

From New York Times

Again, our knowledge of the eastern Algonquian tribes dates back to about 1600, while no information was had concerning the Atsina, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, and the Arapaho, the westernmost members of the family, until two centuries later.

From Project Gutenberg