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Montagnais

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Mon·tag·nais  (mntn-y)
n. pl. Montagnais
1.
a. A Native American people inhabiting an extensive area in Quebec and Labrador.
b. A member of this people.
2. The Algonquian language of the Montagnais and Naskapi.
[Canadian French, from French montagne, mountain; see Montagnard.]
Montagnais [ˌmɒntənˈjeɪ]
n pl -gnais [jeɪ jeɪz], -gnaises [jeɪz]
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of an Innu people living in Labrador and eastern Quebec
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the Algonquian language of this people
[from French: of the mountain, from montagne mountain]
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