Anishininimowin (also known as Oji-Cree or Severn Ojibwa) is the language of the Nishnawbe-Aski (or Oji-Cree) First Nation of Ontario. Different sources may classify it as either a distinct language in its own right, or as a dialect of the Ojibwe language. First Nations is the current title used by Canada to describe the various societies of the indigenous peoples, called Native Americans in the U.S. They have also been known as Indians, Native Canadians, Aboriginal Americans, Amer-Indians, or Aboriginals, and are officially called Indians in the Indian Act, which... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English Flower White trillium Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water    (% of total)  Ranked 4th 1... Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa or Anishinaabemowin in Eastern Ojibwe syllabics) is the third most commonly spoken Native language in Canada (after Cree and Inuktitut), and the fourth most spoken in North America (behind Navajo, Cree, and Inuktitut). ...

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, Anishininimowin is written in Algonquian syllabics with a mixture of Eastern and Western Algonquian features. It is more closely related to Ojibwe morphologically, but its literary tradition is closer to Cree. For other uses of Chippewa, see Chippewa (disambiguation). ... The Cree are an indigenous people of North America whose people range from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean in both Canada and the United States. ... Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ... Pre-contact distribution of Algonquian languages The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (the two Algic languages that are not Algonquian are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ... The Ojibwe language is an Algonquian American Indian language spoken throughout the Great Lakes region and westward onto the northern plains. ...

Anishininimowin 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 Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...

The language's SIL code is OJS. SIL International is a worldwide non-profit organization whose main purpose is to study, develop and document lesser-known languages in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy and aid minority language development. ...

External links

• Anishininimowin language at LanguageGeek.com
• Anishininimowin language resources at knet.ca, including dictionary prototype and downloadable syllabic font

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