Ojibwe language

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Ojibwe ( oh-JIB-way), also known as Ojibwa ( oh-JIB-wə), Ojibway, Otchipwe, Ojibwemowin, or Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian language family. The language has various dialects with local names and frequently local writing systems. No single dialect is considered the most prestigious or prominent, and no writing system covers all dialects. Dialects of Ojibwemowin are spoken in Canada, from southwestern Quebec, through Ontario, Manitoba, and parts of Saskatchewan, with outlying communities in Alberta; and in the United States, from Michigan to Wisconsin and Minnesota, with communities in North Dakota and Montana, as well as groups that were removed to Kansas and Oklahoma by the Indian Removal Act. While there is some variation in the classification of its dialects, at least the following are recognized, from east to west: Algonquin, Eastern Ojibwe, Ottawa (Odawa), Western Ojibwe (Saulteaux), Oji-Cree (Severn Ojibwe), Northwestern Ojibwe, and Southwestern...

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