Western Ojibwa language

Western Ojibwa
Western Ojibwa
Nakawēmowin; ᓇᐦᑲᐌᒧᐎᓐ
Native to	Canada
Region	southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan
Ethnicity	Saulteaux
Native speakers	10,000 (2002)
Language family	Algic Algonquian Ojibwe-Potawatomi Ojibwe Nuclear Ojibwe Northwestern-Saulteaux Ojibwa Western Ojibwa; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ojw
Glottolog	west1510
ELP	Saulteaux
	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]

^ Western Ojibwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^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.
^ Gordon, Raymond G.; Grimes, Barbara F., eds. (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (15th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
^ Cote & Klokeid 1985, p. 2.

[e18-1] Western Ojibwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Northwestern-Saulteaux_Ojibwa-2] 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.

[FOOTNOTECoteKlokeid19852-4] Cote & Klokeid 1985, p. 2.

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Western Ojibwa
Nakawēmowin ᓇᐦᑲᐌᒧᐎᓐ
Native to	Canada
Region	southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan
Ethnicity	Saulteaux
Native speakers	10,000 (2002)^[1]
Language family	Algic Algonquian Ojibwe-Potawatomi Ojibwe Nuclear Ojibwe^[2] Northwestern-Saulteaux Ojibwa^[2] Western Ojibwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ojw`
Glottolog	`west1510`
ELP	Saulteaux
Saulteau is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.