Central Ojibwa
Native toCanada
RegionOntario
Native speakers
8,000 (2007)[1]
Algic
Language codes
ISO 639-3ojc
Glottologcent2136
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.[3]

Phonology

Vowels

VowelsNasal Vowels
ʌ
ãː
ẽː
I
ĩː
ʊ ~ o
oː ~ uːõː

Diphthongs

Diphthongs
aw
aj
ew
ej
iw
ij
ow

Consonants

Consonants
b ~ p
tʃː
d ~ t
g ~ k
h
dʒ ~ tʃ
k^h ~ kː^h
m
n
p^h ~ pː^h
ʃː
t^h ~ tː^h
w
j
z ~ s
ʒ ~ ʃ
ʔ

[4]

See also

Notes

  1. Central Ojibwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  4. "Ojibwe Pronunciation and Spelling Guide (Chippewa, Ojibway, Ojibwa)". nativelanguages.org. Retrieved 15 December 2018.


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