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Ojibwe ( / oʊˈdʒɪbweɪ / oh-JIB-way ), [2] also known as Ojibwa ( / oʊˈdʒɪbwə / oh-JIB-wə ), [3] [4] [5] Ojibway, Otchipwe, [6] Ojibwemowin, or Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian language family.
- (50,000 cited 1990–2016 censuses)
- (see Ojibwe dialects)
- Canada, United States
The Ojibwe language is Anishinaabemowin, a branch of the Algonquian language family. They are part of the Council of Three Fires (which also include the Odawa and Potawatomi) and of the larger Anishinaabeg, which also include Algonquin, Nipissing, and Oji-Cree people.
Dec 18, 2017 · Anishinaabemowin (also called Ojibwemowin, the Ojibwe/Ojibwa language, or Chippewa) is an Indigenous language, generally spanning from Manitoba to Québec, with a strong concentration around the Great Lakes.
The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger lists Ojibwe in Minnesota as “severely endangered” and defines it as a language “spoken by grandparents and older generations; while the parent generation may understand it, they do not speak it to children or among themselves,” (UNESCO, 2010).
Apr 25, 2018 · April 25, 2018. Estimates claim that there are as few as 1,000 Native speakers of Ojibwe in the United States; a language that once predominated the Midwest is disappearing. Professor Brendan Fairbanks, who is Ojibwe and Kickapoo, is combating this through education. Fairbanks and his Department of American Indian Studies (AIS) colleagues are ...
Ojibwe is a verb-based polysynthetic language with relatively free word order. Sponsored Links. People: The Ojibwe are one of the most populous and widely distributed Indian groups in North America, with 150 bands throughout the north-central United States and southern Canada.
Ojibwe, also known as Ojibwa, Ojibway, Otchipwe, Ojibwemowin, or Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian language family. The language is characterized by a series of dialects that have local names and frequently local writing systems.