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  1. The Ojibwe People's Dictionary is a searchable, talking Ojibwe-English dictionary that features the voices of Ojibwe speakers. It is also a gateway into the Ojibwe collections at the Minnesota Historical Society. Along with detailed Ojibwe language entries and voices, you will find beautiful cultural items, photographs, and excerpts from ...

  2. Ojibwe Dialect Variation Ojibwe is spoken over a broad range in both Canada and the United States, and so there are multiple dialects of the language. The pronunciation guide above is based on Southern Ojibwe (the dialect spoken in Minnesota, where we are based.) However, Ojibwe vowels are pronounced a little differently in the different dialects.

  3. How to use this dictionary. Type something you want to look up: Select English to Nishnaabemwin if the word you typed is an English keyword. Select Nishnaabemwin to English if the word you typed is an Odawa or Ojibwe word. Click on the. Under the Results tab select an entry to see more information about that entry. The default is to search for ...

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  5. Eastern Ojibwa (Jibwemwin, Nishnaabemwin) is spoken in parts of Ontario in Canada by about 25,900 people (in 1998). It is also known as Ojibway or Ojibwe. It is written with the Latin alphabet, and taught in primary schools. Northwestern Ojibwa (Nakawēmowin) is spoken in Manitoba and Ontario provinces of Canada by about 20,000 people (in 2000).

  6. The general grammatical characteristics of Ojibwe are shared across its dialects. The Ojibwe language is polysynthetic, exhibiting characteristics of synthesis and a high morpheme-to-word ratio. Ojibwe is a head-marking language in which inflectional morphology on nouns and particularly verbs carries significant amounts of grammatical information.

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