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The '''Algonquian languages''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|l|ˈ|ɡ|ɒ|ŋ|k|i|ə|n}} or {{IPAc-en|æ|l|ˈ|ɡ|ɒ|ŋ|k|w|i|ə|n}};<ref>{{cite dictionary|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Algonquian |title=Algonquian |dictionary=[[Dictionary.com]] |accessdate=2008-07-07}}</ref> also '''Algonkian''') are a subfamily of [[indigenous languages of the Americas|American indigenous languages]] that include most languages in the [[Algic languages|Algic language family]]. The name of the Algonquian language family is distinguished from the orthographically similar [[Algonquin language|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 {{lang|pqm|elakómkwik}} ({{IPA-alg|ɛlæˈɡomoɡwik|pron}}), "they are our relatives/allies".{{sfn|Campbell|1997|p=401, notes 133, 136}}{{sfn|Bright|2004|p=32}} A number of Algonquian languages, like many other Native American languages, are now extinct.
[[Algonquian peoples|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 language|Proto-Algonquian]], was spoken around 2,500 to 3,000 years ago.{{sfn|Goddard|1978|p=587}} There is no scholarly consensus about where algae mould toxic older this language was spoken.
==Family division==
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