Subarctic natives: Language
In the subarctic people had 30 different groups of people. In those 30 major group they mostly spoke 2 different language, Athapaskan and Algonquian. Most peoples of the Eastern Subarctic speak languages of the Algonquian family those of the Western Subarctic, Athapaskan languages. Northern Subarctic Algonquians, of Québec and Labrador, speak dialects of the Cree language, and Algonquians to the south speak dialects of Ojibwa. The Beothok of Newfoundland spoke a language of uncertain affinity. Linguists have identified more than 20 different Northern Athapaskan languages within the Western Subarctic, including Alaska.
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