The maps below show the approximate historical locations of Algonquian language varieties. The maps are intended only to give a general sense of the geographical distribution of the languages. Clicking on an image will load the full-sized version.
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Algonquian family
Drawn by Will Oxford. Language locations based on Goddard 1999.
![Map of Algonquian languages](images/map-algonquian-color.png)
Algic family
Drawn by Will Oxford. To appear in Oxford in press. Language locations based on Goddard 1999.
![Map of Algic languages](images/map-algic-bw.png)
Cree-Innu-Naskapi and Anishinaabemowin varieties
Drawn by Will Oxford in schematic style for legibility; precise locations of borders should not be taken literally. Classification of Cree-Innu-Naskapi dialects based on Rhodes and Todd 1981: 53 and Cenerini, Junker, and Rosen 2017: 308. Classification of Anishinaabemowin dialects based on Rhodes and Todd 1981: 54, Valentine 2001: 14-17, and Rhodes 2020: 563. Background map image from National Geographic MapMaker.
![Map of Cree and Ojibwe varieties](images/map-cree-ojibwe.png)
Eastern Algonquian languages
Drawn by Will Oxford. Language locations based on Goddard 1999. Background map image from Google Maps.
Key to colours: red = Northeastern languages; yellow = Southern New England languages; green = Delawaran languages; blue = Southern languages (geographic grouping).
![Map of Eastern Algonquian languages](images/map-eastern-algonquian.png)