Eastern Ojibwa language

Eastern Ojibwe (also known as Ojibway, Ojibwa) is a dialect of the Ojibwe language spoken north of Lake Ontario and east of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada. Eastern Ojibwe-speaking communities include Rama and Curve Lake.^[4] Ojibwe is an Algonquian language.^[5]

NativetoCanada

RegionOntario

Native speakers

(26,000^{[dubious – discuss]} cited 1998 census)^[1]
(appears to be double counted with other varieties)

Language family

Algic

• Algonquian
  • Ojibwe-Potawatomi
    • Ojibwe
      • Nuclear Ojibwe^[2]
        • Central-Eastern-Southwestern Ojibwa^[2]
          • Eastern Ojibwa

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Eastern Ojibwa
Native to	Canada
Region	Ontario
Native speakers	(26,000[dubious – discuss] cited 1998 census)[1] (appears to be double counted with other varieties)
Language family	Algic Algonquian Ojibwe-Potawatomi Ojibwe Nuclear Ojibwe[2] Central-Eastern-Southwestern Ojibwa[2] Eastern Ojibwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ojg
Glottolog	east2542
ELP	Eastern Ojibwe
Eastern Ojibwe is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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