Anishinini language

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Severn Ojibwa
Anishinini
Spoken in: Canada 
Region: Ontario, Manitoba
Total speakers: —
Language family: Algic
 Algonquian
  Central
   Ojibwa
    Severn Ojibwa
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: –
ISO 639-3: ojs
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Anishininiimowin (also known as Oji-Cree, Severn Ojibwa [ISO 639-3]) is the language of the Anishinini (Oji-Cree) First Nation of Ontario and Manitoba. Different sources may classify it as either a distinct language in its own right, or as a dialect of the Anishinaabe language.

The Oji-Cree are a people of mixed Ojibwe and Cree descent, and their language represents a similar mixture of Ojibwe language and Cree language antecedents. Part of the Algonquian language family, Anishininiimowin is written in Algonquian syllabics with a mixture of Eastern and Western Algonquian features. It is more closely related to Anishinaabemowin morphologically, and more specifically with that of the Algonquin language of Anishinaabemowin, but its literary tradition is closer to Cree.

Anishininiimowin was one of only six aboriginal languages in Canada to report an increase in use in the 2001 Canadian census over the 1996 census.[1]

The language's SIL code is OJS, derived from "Ojibwa: Severn dialect".

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Aboriginal peoples of Canada: A Demographic Profile, Statistics Canada

[edit] Further reading

  • Auger, Donald J., Tom Beardy, and Joshua Hudson. Glossary of Legal Terms Translated into Oji-Cree (with Translation Back into English). Thunder Bay, Ont: Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corp, 199X.
  • De Beers Canada Inc, and Ojibway-Cree Cultural Centre. Mining and environmental terminology glossary English/Cree/Oji-Cree/Ojibway. Toronto, Ont: De Beers Canada, 2003.
  • Jacasum, John Paul. English, Cree, Oji-Cree, and Ojibway Political Terminology Glossary. Timmons, Ont: Ojibway and Cree Cultural Centre, 2005. ISBN 0919523803
  • Ontario. Ministry of Education. Research and Information Branch, Mary Upper, and Modina McKay. Acquisition of Oji-Cree As a First Language A Preliminary Study of Children's Language Development, Phase 1. ONTERIS documents series, 4263. 1984.

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