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]
| Central Ojibwa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Canada |
| Region | Ontario |
Native speakers | 8,000 (2007)[1] |
Algic
| |
| 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 | |
Phonology
editVowels
edit| Vowels | Nasal Vowels |
|---|---|
| ʌ | |
| aː | ãː |
| eː | ẽː |
| I | |
| iː | ĩː |
| ʊ ~ o | |
| oː ~ uː | õː |
Diphthongs
edit| Diphthongs |
|---|
| aw |
| aj |
| ew |
| ej |
| iw |
| ij |
| ow |
Consonants
edit| Consonants |
|---|
| 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
editNotes
edit- ^ 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.
External links
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