Chippewa
A language of United States
| Population | 5,000. Ethnic population: 103,826 in USA (1990 census). |
| Region | Upper Michigan west to North Dakota. |
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Northern Central United States of America |
| Alternate names | Ojibway, Ojibwe, Southwestern Ojibwa |
| Dialects | Upper Michigan-Wisconsin Chippewa, Central Minnesota Chippewa, Red Lake Chippewa, Minnesota Border Chippewa. Turtle Mountain in North Dakota shares features with Central Minnesota. Red Lake includes Northwest Angle on shore of Lake of the Woods. Nett Lake on the Minnesota border is closely related to Lac la Croix (Rainy River Ojibwa of Northwestern Ojibwa [ojb]) in Ontario. |
| Classification | Algic, Algonquian, Central, Ojibwa A member of macrolanguage Ojibwa [oji] (Canada). |
| Language use | Concerted effort via language teaching in public schools and other efforts to reverse decline. Mainly older adults. |
| Language development | Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1833–1854. |
| Writing system | Latin script. Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script, no longer in use. |
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