Northwestern Ojibwa (original) (raw)

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Ojibwe dialect in Canada

Northwestern Ojibwa
Native to Canada
Region Ontario, Manitoba
Native speakers (20,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language family Algic AlgonquianOjibwe-PotawatomiOjibweNuclear Ojibwe[2]Northwestern-Saulteaux Ojibwa[2]Northwestern Ojibwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ojb
Glottolog nort2961
Northwestern Ojibwe is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Northwestern Ojibwe (also known as Northern Ojibwa, Ojibway, Ojibwe) is a dialect of the Ojibwe language, spoken in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada. Ojibwe is a member of the Algonquian language family.[3]

  1. ^ Northwestern Ojibwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Northwestern-Saulteaux Ojibwa". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
  3. ^ Gordon Jr., Raymond. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 15th edition. Ethnologue entry for Northwestern Ojibwe. Retrieved April 22, 2009.