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Ojibwe ( Ojibwa , Ojibway ), also known as Chippewa or Otchipwe , is an Indigenous ___MASK97___ of North America of the Algonquian ___MASK91___ . Ojibwe is characterized by a series of dialects that have local names and frequently local writing systems . There is no single dialect that is considered the most prestigious or most prominent , and no standard writing system that covers all dialects . The relative autonomy of the regional dialects of Ojibwe is associated with an absence of linguistic or political unity among Ojibwe - speaking groups . The Algonquian languages ( or ; also Algonkian ) are a subfamily of Native American languages which includes most of the languages in the Algic ___MASK91___ . The name of the Algonquian ___MASK91___ is distinguished from the orthographically similar Algonquin dialect of the indigenous Ojibwe language ( Chippewa ), which is a senior member of the Algonquian ___MASK91___ . The term " Algonquin " has been suggested to derive from the Maliseet word " elakómkwik " ( pronounced ), " they are our relatives / allies ". A number of Algonquian languages , like many of the Iroquoian languages of the hereditary enemies of the Algonquian peoples , have already become extinct . The Arapahoan languages are a subgroup of the Plains group of Algonquian languages : Nawathinehena , Arapaho , Gros Ventre Nawathinehena is ___MASK43___ and Arapaho and Gros Ventre are both endangered . Besawunena , only attested from a wordlist collected by Kroeber , differs only slightly from Arapaho , but a few of its sound changes resemble those seen in Gros Ventre . It had speakers among the Northern Arapaho as recently as the late 1920s . Another reported Arapahoan variety is ___MASK43___ Ha ' anahawunena , but there is no documentation of it . The Iroquoian languages are a First ___MASK89___ and Native American ___MASK91___ in North America . They are known for their general lack of labial consonants . Iroquoian languages are polysynthetic and head - marking . The Wolastoqiyik , or Maliseet ( also spelled Malecite ), are an Algonquian - speaking First ___MASK89___ of the Wabanaki Confederacy . The Algonquian are one of the most populous and widespread North American native ___MASK97___ groups . Today , thousands of individuals identify with various Algonquian peoples . Historically , the peoples were prominent along the Atlantic ___MASK99___ and into the interior along the St . Lawrence River and around the Great Lakes . This grouping consists of the peoples who speak Algonquian languages .