USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The pre-colonial population were Algonquian-speaking peoples, Nottoway and Meherrin in the coastal (or Tidewater) region (dark green), while the interior (lighter shades of green) was inhabited by either Siouan or Iroquoian-speaking tribes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Proto-Algonquian is the original Algonquian language, spoken nearly 3000 years ago. Today, 30 different Algonquian languages exist throughout Canada and the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -Algonkian or Algonquian Therefore, the Algonquian tribes (including the Delaware, the Narragansetts, the Pequot, and the Wampanoag) are so called because they all speak the Algonkin or Algonquin language.

Detailed explanation-4: -Three major language groups • Algonquian languages were spoken primarily in the Tidewater region; the Powhatan were a part of this group. Siouan languages were spoken primarily in the Piedmont region – the Monacan were part of this group.

Detailed explanation-5: -Algonquin (also spelled Algonkin; in Algonquin: Anicinàbemowin or Anishinàbemiwin) is either a distinct Algonquian language closely related to the Ojibwe language or a particularly divergent Ojibwe dialect. It is spoken, alongside French and to some extent English, by the Algonquin First Nations of Quebec and Ontario.