Ojibwa, Central

A language of Canada

ISO 639: ojc
Alternate Names: Central Ojibwe, Ojibway, Ojibwe
Population: 8,000 (2007 SIL). All Ojibwa varieties in Canada: 17,900 (2016 census).
Location:: Ontario province: Lake Nipigon west to Lake Nipissing east.
Language Status: 6b* (Threatened). Language of recognized indigenous peoples: Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek, Batchewana, Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek, Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, Brunswick House, Chapleau Ojibway, Flying Post, Garden River, Ginoogaming, Gull Bay, Long Lake, Magnetawan, Matachewan, Michipicoten, Nipissing, Pays Plat, Pic Mobert, Red Rock, Serpent River, Shawanaga, Temagami, Thessalon, Wahnapitae.
Classification: Algic, Algonquian, Ojibwa-Potawatomi
Dialects: An area of transitional dialects. A member of macrolanguage Ojibwa [oji].
Language Use: All also use English [eng].

Location: Ontario province: Lake Nipigon west to Lake Nipissing east.