The word was variously recorded as manatuck, montauk, montakett or meuntacut. It means "high-place-at" or "at the high land", or alternatively "a place for observation" (which comes to just about the same thing). The ending -uk, -oc or -ut indicates a place-name.
The Powhatan people spoke Powhatan or Virginia Algonquian, an extinct language belonging to the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian languages.
Algonquian.
"Massachusetts" is derived from the indigenous language of the Massachusett tribe, part of the Algonquian language family. It roughly translates to "at or about the great hill," referring to the Great Blue Hill near Boston.
"Roanoke" is a term in the Algonquian language that likely means "shell beads" or "money." It was the name of an indigenous tribe and an island in present-day North Carolina where the Roanoke Colony was located.
algonquian
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That is one of the spellings of Algonquian, also Algonquin, usually for the specific tribe or places and ships named for them. The language is almost always spelled Algonquian.
The word "moccasin" is borrowed from the Algonquian language.
algonquian,siouan,and iroquoian
It originated from Algonquian in the 18th Century.
The Cree (Algonquian) language is the origin. See the link.
Today, the Stockbridge-Munsee people only speak English.Historically, they spoke:Mahican (also known as Mohican), a language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, extinct since 1940.Munsee (also known as Delaware), an endangered language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, itself a branch of the Algic language family. As of 2018, Munsee is believed to have about 4 or 5 speakers, all over the age of 77.