Ojibwe language
Central Algonquian language
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.
| 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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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- ↑ 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.
