Algic

//ˈæl.ɡɪk// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An indigenous language family of North America, comprising Wiyot, Yurok, and many Algonquian languages.

Etymology

Blend of Allegheny + Atlantic. Coined by Henry Schoolcraft in his Algic Researches (1839) from the names of the Allegheny River and the Atlantic Ocean.

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