Central Ojibwa language

Summary

Central Ojibwa (also known as Central Ojibwe, Ojibway, Ojibwe) is an Algonquian language spoken in Ontario, Canada from Lake Nipigon in the west to Lake Nipissing in the east.[3]

Central Ojibwa
Native toCanada
RegionOntario
Native speakers
8,000 (2007)[1]
Algic
Language codes
ISO 639-3ojc
Glottologcent2136
Central Ojibwe is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Phonology edit

Vowels edit

Vowels Nasal Vowels
ʌ
ãː
ẽː
I
ĩː
ʊ ~ o
oː ~ uː õː

Diphthongs edit

Diphthongs
aw
aj
ew
ej
iw
ij
ow

Consonants edit

Consonants
b ~ p
tʃː
d ~ t
g ~ k
h
dʒ ~ tʃ
k^h ~ kː^h
m
n
p^h ~ pː^h
ʃː
t^h ~ tː^h
w
j
z ~ s
ʒ ~ ʃ
ʔ

[4]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Central Ojibwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Central-Eastern-Southwestern Ojibwa". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
  3. ^ Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  4. ^ "Ojibwe Pronunciation and Spelling Guide (Chippewa, Ojibway, Ojibwa)". nativelanguages.org. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

External links edit

  • OLAC resources in and about the Central Ojibwa language