Ottawa

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A language of Canada

Ontario province: Lake Huron area islands, Manitoulin Island; Walople Island Reserve. West of a north south line through Bruce Peninsula (Rhodes 1976).

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Language NameOttawa

User Population

7,210 in United States (2010 census). 310 Ottawa, 6,900 Ojibwa. 10 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 8,910 (2000 census). 560 Ottawa, 8,350 Ojibwa.

Location

Michigan: near Sault Sainte Marie and elsewhere.

Alternate Names

Chippewa, Daawaamwin, Eastern Ojibwa, Nishnaabemwin, Odawa, Ojibwe

Language Status

7 (Shifting). Language of registered tribe: Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.

Language Use

Dying out in many areas. Most shifting to English [eng].

Language Development

Taught as subject in primary schools. Concerted effort via language teaching in public schools and other efforts to reverse decline.

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