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"virginia algonkian" ➤ a notional outer-language, representing only a fraction of probably 30 or more-languages spoken by a similar number of communities in Tidewater Virginia (perhaps extending to southern Maryland) ¶ these communities together formed a confederacy from around 1600, under the leadership of chief Wahunsonacock (known also as Powhatan, father of princess Pocahantas); languages probably extinct by early 19th cent. at latest |