Many people are confused about the term "Algonquin", which really refers to just one small tribe living along the Ottawa River valley in Canada, where they have always lived and still live today.
The similar word Algonquian refers to a huge family of distantly related languages spoken by many tribes across most of North American, but mainly in the north, around the Great Lakes and in the north-east woodlands and along the eastern seaboard of the USA. This language family gets its name from that small Algonquin tribe, who are used as representative of the whole group.
The Algonquin language is still spoken today thanks to concerted efforts by the tribe itself, supported by the Canadian government; it is very closely related to Ojibwe and Ottawa (two more Algonquian languages).
A few words of the Algonquin language are:
kaagaagiw (raven)
andeg (crow)
miziki or kiniw (eagle)
okad (leg)
odoon (mouth)
onagocag (stars)
nodin (windy)
kiziz (sun)
cigwatik (pine tree)
wabos (rabbit)
nokomis (grandmother)
biibiins (baby)
So, to answer your question, the Algonquin people spoke the Algonquin language; the Algonquian tribes spoke a huge number of related Algonquian languages.
The Algonquin or Algonkin language is confined to the small Algonquin tribe along the Ottawa River valley on the border between Ontario and Quebec.
The similar word Algonquian refers to a very large family of distantly-related languages spoken across much of North America, but mainly by tribes in the north, around the Great Lakes and east. Some tribes speaking Algonquian languages are:
There are very many more.
It is an Algonquin Indian dialect called Anishinaubeg
The total population is just over 219,000, they speak Ojibwe and English
The Chippewas, Ojibwas, Ojibways or Ojibwes are an Algonquian people made up of very many separate bands who originally lived in both Canada and the USA, all around the Great Lakes area. Each band has developed a slightly different dialect and variations on words.
They call themselves Anishinaabe, which comes from ani[from whence] + nishina [lowered] + abe [male], because they believe that the first man was lowered to Earth by the Great Spirit.
Consonants are much like those in English (except for zh, which is similar to French j), but vowels have two values: long and short. A sample text will demonstrate how the language works:
Ngoding mewnzha, nishnaabeg ko gii-ziibaakdokewag. Wiiba gii-maajtaawag, aabtoogazod ziibaakdokegiizis, Noopming gii-zhaawag wii-zhiga'igewaad ninaatigoon. Gii-boodwewag noopming. Gchikigoon gii-gooawaan wii-mnoz-mowaad ziibaakdaaboo. Nooj gegoo gii-naabjitoonaawaa maanda ziiwaagmide.
Translation: Once, a long time ago, Ojibwas made maple sugar. They started early, halfway through March. They went Into the Woods to tap the maple trees. They built a fire in the bush. They hung a big kettle to cook the sap. They used the syrup for everything.
ojibwa
The Ojibwa, or Chippewa, language is a member of the Algonquian family.
Ojibwe, also known as Chippewa
The Chippewa Indian tribe is also known as the Ojibway or Ojibwa. Most members of the tribe today speak English. But their native language is Ojibway.
The Ojibwa (also referred to as Ojibway or Chippewa) traditionally speak the Ojibwe language. The Ojibwe language is also referred to as Anishinaabemowin and is from the Algonquian language family. Just as in other languages, Ojibwe has regional dialects and variations and frequently there are even local writing systems. If you'd like to know more about the mechanics of the language, check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anishinaabe_language
The following Tribes speak (or once spoke) languages included in the Algonquin language family:
1. Abenaki
2. Algonkin
3. Arapaho
4. Atikamekw
5. Beothuk
6. Betsiamites
7. Blackfoot
8. Cheyenne
9. Chicacoan
10. Cree
11. Illiniwek
12. Kickapoo
13. Lenape (Munsee and Unami)
14. Mahican
15. Maliseet
16. Massachusett
17. Menominee
18. Meskwaki
19. Miami
20. Mi'kmaq
21. Mohegan
22. Montagnais/Naskapi (Innu)
23. Nanticoke
24. Narragansett
25. Nipmuck
26. Ojibwe/Chippewa
27. Ottawa, Potawatomi
28. Passamaquoddy
29. Pennacook
30. Pequot
31. Powhatan
32. Quinnipiac
33. Shawnee
34. Wampanoag
35. Wicocomico
Anishinaabe people speak the following languages:
Most Algonquin people speak English and/or French.
About 3300 people still speak Algonquin also called Anicinâbemowin, Anicinàbemowin or Anishinàbemiwin.
The Micmacs spoke mainly English, but also spoke their own language called Mi'kmawi'simk.
Virtually all Ojibwe speak English. Their native language is called Anishinaabemowin, but only some of the older people can speak it fluently.
The Ojibwa, or Chippewa, language is a member of the Algonquian family.
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mohawk
Algonqulan Or Algonkian
The Inuit are not Indians and the Inuit have many different languages. It's like asking someone what did Europeans speak?
The Lenape spoke Lenape Languagealso known as Unami.
Actually there are thousands of languages in Africa..some are yet to be named to man.
The three major languages spoken in India are:HindiBengaliTeluguAlthough the only two official languages of the country are English and Hindi.
The Anishinaabe people speak a language called Anishinaabemowin, which is a dialect of the Algonquian language family. Various dialects of Anishinaabemowin are spoken by different Anishinaabe groups across the Great Lakes region in the United States and Canada.
The Manhasset indians spoke the Munsee and Unami languages.
Algonquian!
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Caddoan
Sourashtian
algonquon
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english.
They spoke Caddoan
Algonqulan Or Algonkian
Iroquian and/or Ojibway