a divergent dialect of the Ojibwe language , which is part of the Algonquian language family.  Culturally and linguistically, they are closely related to the Ojibwe and Odawa , with whom they form the larger Anicinàpe (Anishinaabe) grouping. The Algonquin peoples call themselves Omàmiwinini (plural: Omàmiwininiwak ) or the more generalised