Oji-Cree

Facts

  • Language: Oji-Cree
  • Alternate names: Severn Ojibwe, Severn Ojibwa, Ojicree, Anishininiimowin
  • Language code: ojs
  • Language family: Algic, Algonquian, Ojibwa-Potawatomi (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 6,110
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics script.

More information:

    Severn Ojibwe is a well defined regional dialect within the Ojibwe dialect complex, spoken in northwestern Ontario in communities on Severn River, Winisk River, and Sandy Lake."Oji-Cree" is the name speakers prefer, but it is often called "Severn Ojibwe" in scholarly writings.