Western Ojibwa
Western Ojibwa is an Algic language spoken in Canada, by about 10 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Western Ojibwa (also known as Nakawēmowin (ᓇᐦᑲᐌᒧᐎᓐ), Saulteaux, and Plains Ojibwa) is a dialect of the Ojibwe language, a member of the Algonquian language family. It is spoken by the Saulteaux, a subnation of the Ojibwe people, in southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan, Canada, west of Lake Winnipeg. Saulteaux is generally used by its speakers, and Nakawēmowin is the general term in the language itself.
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Words in Western Ojibwa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | inini* | |
| fire | iSkote* | |
| star | anank* | |
| stone | ahsin* | |
| tree | mihtik* | |
| dog | animoS* | |
| fish | kiko* | |
| one | peSik* | |
| two | niS* | |
| I | nin* | |
| you | kin* | |
| we | kinawint* | |
| see | wapam* | |
| hear | nont* | |
| die | nipo* | |
| come | ampe* | |
| egg | wâwan | |
| path | mihka* | |
| book | masinahikan | |
| new | oSki* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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