Algic languages

Algic is a language family of North America comprising the Algonquian languages and the distantly related Wiyot and Yurok languages.

Algonquian languages: A large branch of Algic languages spoken historically across much of North America. This branch contains most Algic languages and is more internally diverse than Wiyot and Yurok.
Edward Sapir: An American linguist whose work helped establish the historical classification of Indigenous languages in North America. Sapir argued for the relationship joining Algonquian, Wiyot, and Yurok.
Cree language: A group of closely related Algonquian languages spoken across Canada. Cree illustrates the geographic reach and internal variation of the Algonquian branch.
Na-Dene languages: A family of Indigenous languages of North America that includes Athabaskan, Tlingit, and Eyak. Na-Dene is a separate North American family, despite geographic overlap with Algic languages.
Wiyot language: An extinct language of northwestern California, traditionally classified in the Ritwan branch of Algic. Wiyot is one of the two non-Algonquian languages in the family.
Mary Haas: An American linguist known for research on Indigenous languages and the history of North American language classification. Her scholarship contributed to later investigation of the Algic grouping.
Ojibwe language: An Algonquian language spoken around the Great Lakes and in parts of Canada and the United States. Ojibwe is a major living Algonquian language with active community language work.
Iroquoian languages: A family of Indigenous languages historically spoken mainly in eastern North America. Iroquoian languages neighbor some Algonquian languages but are not part of Algic.
Yurok language: A language of northwestern California belonging to the Algic family outside the Algonquian branch. Yurok is the other non-Algonquian language in the family.
Ritwan languages: A proposed grouping of Wiyot and Yurok as a branch distinct from Algonquian within Algic. The label reflects an older classification whose status and terminology have varied.

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