Oji-Cree
[aka Severn Ojibwe, Severn Ojibwa, Ojicree]Classification: Algic
·vulnerable
- DATE OF INFO
- 2001
- PLACES
- Canada;
Language metadata
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Severn Ojibwe, Severn Ojibwa, Ojicree, Anishininiimowin |
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Algic, Algonquian, Ojibwa-Potawatomi |
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Language information by source
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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge
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Vulnerable
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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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.
- TRANSMISSION
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- PLACES
- Canada; USA;
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Ontario, Michigan. Northwestern Ontario in communities on Severn River, Winisk River, and Sandy Lake.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
- PLACES
- Canada;
Information from: “North America” (1-96) . Victor Golla (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
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"First-language use of Severn Ojibwe is high" (Golla 2007:78).
- More on Orthography
There is a script in use, based on the Cree syllabary
- PLACES
- Canada;
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Northwestern Ontario
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
- TRANSMISSION
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- PLACES
- Canada;
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Northern northwest Ontario into Manitoba.