Back Llingües algonquines de les praderíes AST اووا آلقونکویان دیللری AZB Yezhoù algonkek ar c'hompezennoù Breton Lenguas algonquinas de las praderas Spanish زبانهای آلگانکی جلگهای Persian Flakte-Algonkwynske talen Frisian Prerijski algonkijski jezici Croatian Rumpun bahasa Algonquia Dataran Rendah ID Līdzenumu algonkinu valodas Latvian/Lettish Języki algonkiańskie równinne Polish
| Plains Algonquian | |
|---|---|
| Plains Algonkian | |
| (areal) | |
| Geographic distribution | Great Plains of the northern United States and southern Canada |
| Linguistic classification | Algic
|
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | None chey1247 (Cheyenne) siks1238 (Siksika) arap1273 (Arapahoic) |
The Plains Algonquian languages are commonly grouped together as a subgroup of the larger Algonquian family, itself a member of the Algic family. Though the grouping is often encountered in the literature, it is an areal grouping rather than a genetic one. In other words, the languages are grouped together because they were spoken near one another, not because they are more closely related to one another than to any other Algonquian language. Most studies indicate that within the Algonquian family, only Eastern Algonquian constitutes a separate genetic subgroup.