ANISHININI LANGUAGE

'Anishininiimowin' (also known as 'Oji-Cree' or 'Severn Ojibwa') is the language of the ''Anishinini'' (Oji-Cree) First Nation of Ontario and Manitoba. Different sources may classify it as either a distinct language in its own right, or as a dialect of the Anishinaabe language.
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, ''Anishininiimowin'' is written in Algonquian syllabics with a mixture of Eastern and Western Algonquian features. It is more closely related to ''Anishinaabemowin'' morphologically, and more specifically with that of the Algonquin language of ''Anishinaabemowin'', but its literary tradition is closer to Cree.
''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.^[1]
The language's SIL code is OJS, derived from "Ojibwa: Severn dialect".

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External links

★ Anishininimowin language at LanguageGeek.com

★ Anishininimowin language resources at knet.ca, including dictionary prototype and downloadable syllabic font

References

1. Aboriginal peoples of Canada: A Demographic Profile, Statistics Canada