Central Ojibwa language
Appearance
Central Ojibwa | |
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Native to | Canada |
Region | Ontario |
Native speakers | 8,000 (2007)[1] |
Algic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ojc |
Glottolog | cent2136 |
![]() Central Ojibwe is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
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.[4]
Phonology
Vowels
Vowels | Nasal Vowels |
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ʌ | |
aː | ãː |
eː | ẽː |
I | |
iː | ĩː |
ʊ ~ o | |
oː ~ uː | õː |
Diphthongs
Diphthongs |
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aw |
aj |
ew |
ej |
iw |
ij |
ow |
Consonants
Consonants |
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b ~ p |
tʃː |
d ~ t |
g ~ k |
h |
dʒ ~ tʃ |
k^h ~ kː^h |
m |
n |
p^h ~ pː^h |
sː |
ʃː |
t^h ~ tː^h |
w |
j |
z ~ s |
ʒ ~ ʃ |
ʔ |
See also
Notes
- ^ Central Ojibwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rhodes, Richard and Evelyn Todd. 1981. "Subarctic Algonquian languages." June Helm, ed., The Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 6. Subarctic, pp. 52–66. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 0-16-004578-9
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- ^ "Ojibwe Pronunciation and Spelling Guide (Chippewa, Ojibway, Ojibwa)". nativelanguages.org. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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