Illinois language

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The Illinois language is a Native American language formerly spoken in the United States, primarily in Illinois and adjacent areas along the Mississippi River by several subtribes, among them the Kaskaskia, Peoria, and Tamaroa. Later the Illinois tribes were forcibly removed from that state, eventually settling in northeastern Oklahoma. The modern descendants of the Illinois are called the Peoria.

Illinois is an Algic language of the Algonquian phylum. It is part of a larger language often called Miami-Illinois, and forms a dialect continuum with Miami and is part of a larger Central and Plains sprachbund. The language is currently considered extinct.

The Illinois language is extensively documented in three French Jesuit dictionaries from the early 18th century.

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