Algic family
Cheyenne
1500 CE – today Living
Cheyenne (1500 CE – today) is a living Algic language. Lineage: Proto-Algic → Proto-Algonquian → Cheyenne.
See Cheyenne on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
- chy
- Glottocode
- chey1247
Plains Algonquian (an areal grouping), spoken in Montana and Oklahoma. Endangered.
Lineage
- Proto-Algicc. 5,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
- Proto-Algonquianc. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE
- Cheyenne1500 CE – today
Sister languages 5
Also descended from Proto-Algonquian.