Ojibwa, Northwestern

A language of Canada

ISO 639: ojb
Alternate Names: Northern Ojibwa, Ojibway, Ojibwe
Autonym: Nakawēmowin
Population: 20,000 (2000 UBS).
Location:: Manitoba and Ontario provinces.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting). Language of recognized indigenous peoples: Anishinabe of Wauzhushk Onigum, Aundeck-Omni-Kaning, Berens River, Big Grassy, Fort William, God’s Lake, Iskatewizaagegan, Lac Des Mille Lacs, Lac La Croix, Lac Seul, Little Grand Rapids, Martin Falls, Mitaanjigamiing, Naicatchewenin, Naotkamegwanning, Nigigoonsiminikaaning, Northwest Angle, Obashkaandagaang, Ochiichagwe’babigo’ining, Ojibways of Onigaming, Pauingassi, Pikangikum, Pinaymootang, Poplar Hill, Poplar River, Rainy River, Seine River, Shoal Lake, Wabaseemoong, Wabauskang, Wabigoon Lake Ojibway, Weenusk, Whitesand.
Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Ojibwa-Potawatomi
Dialects: Berens River Ojibwa (Saulteaux), Lac Seul Ojibwa, Albany River Ojibwa, Lake of the Woods Ojibwa, Rainy River Ojibwa. A member of macrolanguage Ojibwa [oji].
Language Use: All shifting to English [eng].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Concerted effort via language teaching in public schools and other efforts to reverse decline. Taught in primary schools. NT: 1988.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Ojibwa, Northwestern
Writing: Latin script [Latn]. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script [Cans], no longer in use.

Location: Manitoba and Ontario provinces.