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Name:
Severn Ojibwe
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Severn Ojibwa; Ojibwa (Severn); Ojibwa; Ojibway; Ojibwe; Chippeway; Ojibwa, Severn; Northern Ojibwa; Ojicree; Oji-Cree; Cree; Ojibwa-Algonquin-Ottawa
Spoken in:
Canada
Number of speakers:
10,500
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
6110
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
8000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
ojs
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Algic (Algonquian-Wiyot-Yurok, Algonquian-Ritwan)
Parent Subgroup:
Northern Ojibwe; Northern Ojibwa (mgul)
Brief Description:
"Severn Ojibwe (Oji-Cree) is a well-defined regional dialect within the Ojibwe dialect complex, spoken in northwestern Ontario in communities on Severn River, Winisk River, and Sandy Lake. First-language use of Severn Ojibwe is high, but Cree also has cultural prominence in these communities." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 22
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Severn Ojibwe
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