Ojibwe language
| Ojibwe | |
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| Ojibwa | |
| Anishinaabemowin, ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ | |
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| Pronunciation | alg or alg |
| Native to | Canada, United States |
| Region | Canada: Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, groups in Alberta, British Columbia; United States: Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, groups in North Dakota, Montana |
| Ethnicity | Ojibwe people |
Native speakers | (50,000 cited 1990–2016 censuses)e24 |
Algic
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| Dialects | (see Ojibwe dialects) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | oj – Ojibwa |
| ISO 639-2 | oji – Ojibwa |
| ISO 639-3 | oji – inclusive code – OjibwaIndividual codes: ojs – Severn Ojibwaojg – Eastern Ojibwaojc – Central Ojibwaojb – Northwestern Ojibwaojw – Western Ojibwaciw – Chippewaotw – Ottawaalq – Algonquin |
| Glottolog | ojib1241 Ojibwa |
| Linguasphere | 62-ADA-d (Ojibwa+Anissinapek) |
 Location of all Anishinaabe Reservations/Reserves and cities with an Anishinaabe population in North America, with diffusion rings about communities speaking Anishinaabe languages | |
 Ojibwe is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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Ojibwe (/oʊˈdʒɪbweɪ/ oh-JIB-way),[1] also known as Ojibwa (/oʊˈdʒɪbwə/ oh-JIB-wə),[2][3][4] Ojibway, Otchipwe,[5] Ojibwemowin, or Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian language family.[6][7] The language has many dialects that have local names and writing systems.
Dialects of Ojibwemowin are spoken in Canada, from southwestern Quebec, through Ontario, Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan, with outlying communities in Alberta;[8][9] and in the United States, from Michigan to Wisconsin and Minnesota, with some communities in North Dakota and Montana.[10]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Ojibwa". Glottolog 4.3.
- ↑ "Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: oji". ISO 639-2 Registration Authority – Library of Congress. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
Name: Ojibwa
- ↑ "Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: oji". ISO 639-3 Registration Authority – SIL International. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
Name: Ojibwa
- ↑ R. R. Bishop Baraga, 1878. A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language
- ↑ Goddard, Ives, 1979.
- ↑ Bloomfield, Leonard, 1958.
- ↑ Valentine, J. Randolph, 1994, p. 6.
- ↑ Nichols, John, 1980, pp. 1–2.
- ↑ Rhodes, Richard, and Evelyn Todd, 1981.
