Central Ojibwa (also known as Central Ojibwe, Ojibway, Ojibwe) is an
Algonquian language spoken in
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
, Canada from
Lake Nipigon
Lake Nipigon (; french: lac Nipigon; oj, Animbiigoo-zaaga'igan) is part of the Great Lakes drainage basin. It is the largest lake entirely within the boundaries of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Etymology
In the Jesuit Relations the lake is ...
in the west to
Lake Nipissing in the east.
Phonology
Vowels
Diphthongs
Consonants
See also
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Ojibwe dialects
The Ojibwe language is spoken in a series of dialects occupying adjacent territories, forming a language complex in which mutual intelligibility between adjacent dialects may be comparatively high but declines between some non-adjacent dialects. ...
Notes
External links
OLAC resources in and about the Central Ojibwa language
Central Algonquian languages
Ojibwa language, Central
Indigenous languages of the North American eastern woodlands
First Nations languages in Canada
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