Ojibwa, Eastern

OJG

threatened

Alternate Names: Ojibway, Ojibwe

Dialects: A member of macrolanguage Ojibwa ,.

Genealogy:

Algic
Algonquian
Ojibwa-Potawatomi

Demographics: 25,900 (1998 census).

Language Use: Dying out in many areas. Probably all also use English [eng]; some use other Ojibwa varieties.

Language Development: Concerted effort via language teaching in public schools and other efforts to reverse decline. Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Canada