Ojibwa, Northwestern

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A language of Canada

ISO 639-3
ojb
Alternate Names
Northern Ojibwa, Ojibway, Ojibwe
Population

20,000 (2000 UBS). 2001 census lists all Ojibwa varieties together as 30,500 population.

Location

Southern northwest Ontario into Manitoba.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Algic, Algonquian, Ojibwa-Potawatomi
Dialects

Albany River Ojibwa, Berens River Ojibwa (Saulteaux), Lac Seul Ojibwa, Lake of the Woods Ojibwa, Rainy River Ojibwa.

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. Grammar. NT: 1988.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ojibwa, Northwestern
Writing
Latin script. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, no longer in use.