Montagnais

Montagnais
/mon'teuhn yay", mawonn'-/, n., pl. Montagnais /-teuhn yay", -yayz"/ for 1.
1. a member of an American Indian people of Quebec and Labrador.
2. the Algonquian language of the Montagnais, closely related to Cree.

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