Western Ojibwa language

Western Ojibwa
Nakawēmowin
ᓇᐦᑲᐌᒧᐎᓐ
Native toCanada
Regionsouthern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan
EthnicitySaulteaux
Native speakers
10,000 (2002)[1]
Algic
Language codes
ISO 639-3ojw
Glottologwest1510
ELPSaulteaux
Saulteau is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Western Ojibwa (also known as Nakawēmowin (ᓇᐦᑲᐌᒧᐎᓐ), Saulteaux, and Plains Ojibwa) is a dialect of the Ojibwe language, a member of the Algonquian language family. It is spoken by the Saulteaux, a subnation of the Ojibwe people, in southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan, Canada, west of Lake Winnipeg.[3] Saulteaux is generally used by its speakers, and Nakawēmowin is the general term in the language itself.[4]

  1. ^ Western Ojibwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24). "Northwestern-Saulteaux Ojibwa". Glottolog. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Archived from the original on 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
  3. ^ Gordon, Raymond G.; Grimes, Barbara F., eds. (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (15th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
  4. ^ Cote & Klokeid 1985, p. 2.