- stuttering.ws
- Algic
- Central Algonquian
- Algonquin
ISO 639-3 · alqalq
Algic family
Algonquin
Anicinàbemowin
Algonquin is a language of the Central Algonquian branch (Algic), spoken in Canada. Wikidata counts about 2,430 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “distinct Algonquian language closely related to the Ojibwe language or a particularly divergent Ojibwe dialect”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
alq- Glottocode
algo1255- Family
- Algic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 22 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
3levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Algonquin · Anicinàbemowin |
|---|---|
| Also called | Algonkin language, Anicinàbemowin language, Algonquin language, Algonkin, Anicinàbemowin |
| All speakers | 2,430 |
| Written in | Canadian Aboriginal syllabics, Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Algic to Algonquin
The branches above Algonquin, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Canada
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafekorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalpusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSafeukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationalsylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationbelBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · NationalslvSloveneIndo-European · 2.4 m1 · National