Ojibwa, Severn
PrintA language of Canada
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Cree, Northern Ojibwa, Ojibway, Ojibwe, Ojicree, Oji-Cree
Population
10,500 (2001 census).
Location
Northern northwest Ontario into Manitoba.
Language Maps
Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Dialects
Severn River Ojibwa, Winisk River Ojibwa.
Language Use
Older adults.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Concerted effort via language teaching in public schools and other efforts to reverse decline. Grammar. NT: 1988.
Language Resources
Writing
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script.