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The Severn Ojibwa or the Oji-Cree language is the indigenous name for a dialect of the Ojibwe language spoken in a series
of Oji-Cree communities in northern Ontario and at Island Lake, Manitoba, Canada. Ojibwa is a member of the Algonquian language
family, itself a member of the Algic language family. The language is often referred in English as Oji-Cree, with the term
Severn Ojibwa (or Ojibwe) primarily used by linguists and anthropologists. Severn Ojibwa speakers have also been identified
as Northern Ojibwa, and the same term has been applied to their dialect. Severn Ojibwa speakers use two self-designations
in their own language. The first is Anishinini 'ordinary person' (plural Anishininiwag) This term has been compared to Plains
Cree ayisiyiniw 'person, human being. ' The term Anishinaabe 'ordinary man,' which is widely used as a self-designation across
the Ojibwa dialect continuum, is also used and accepted by Severn speakers. The term Anishininiimowin is the general word
used in Severn Ojibwa to refer to the language itself (noun Anishinini 'ordinary person,' suffix -mo 'speak a language,' suffix
-win 'nominalizer'). A similar term Anishinaabemowin with the same structure would be expected but has not been documented
in published sources. 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. |
Names (more)[br] Ojibweg Severn[en] Oji-Cree language |
Language type : Living
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