Ojibwe ( oh-JIB-way),[1] also known as Ojibwa ( 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.
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| Pronunciation | alg or alg |
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| Native to | Canada, United States |
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| Region | Canada: Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, groups in Alberta, British Columbia; United States: Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, groups in North Dakota, Montana |
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| Ethnicity | Ojibwe people |
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Native speakers | (50,000 cited 1990–2016 censuses)e24 |
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| Dialects | (see Ojibwe dialects) |
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| - Latin (various alphabets in Canada and the United States)
- Ojibwe syllabics (Canada)
- Great Lakes Algonquian syllabics (United States)
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| ISO 639-1 | oj – Ojibwa |
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| ISO 639-2 | oji – Ojibwa |
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| ISO 639-3 | oji – inclusive code – Ojibwa
Individual codes:
ojs – Severn Ojibwa
ojg – Eastern Ojibwa
ojc – Central Ojibwa
ojb – Northwestern Ojibwa
ojw – Western Ojibwa
ciw – Chippewa
otw – Ottawa
alq – Algonquin |
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| Glottolog | ojib1241 Ojibwa |
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| Linguasphere | 62-ADA-d (Ojibwa+Anissinapek) |
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 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]
