Proto-Algonquian
[proh-toh-al-gong-kee-uh n, -kwee-uh n] /ˌproʊ toʊ ælˈgɒŋ ki ən, -kwi ən/
noun
1.
the unattested parent language from which the Algonquian languages are descended.
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