Concept information
Preferred term
ojwWestern Ojibwa
Type
-
Language
Definition
- Western Ojibwa (also known as Nakawēmowin, Saulteaux, Plains Ojibway, Ojibway, Ojibwe) is a dialect of the Ojibwe language, a member of the Algonquian language family. It is spoken by the Saulteaux, a sub-Nation of the Ojibwe people, in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada westward from Lake Winnipeg. Saulteaux is the general term used in English for the name of the language by its speakers. Nakawēmowin is the general term in the language itself.
Entry terms
- Ojibwa, Western
- Western Ojibwa language
ISO 639-3 code
- ojw
Notation
- ojw
In other languages
-
Saulteaux
French
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ojw
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