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Western Ojibwa language

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hierarchy, as a result, showing the "preferred" person to use in Saulteaux discourse is the second person, followed by the first person, and finally the third person. The third person can show the proximate (the unmarked category), the obviative, the highly marked further obviative that is reserved
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Ojibwa verbs also mark whether the action is direct or inverse. In the first two examples the action takes place directly, where the proximate is acting upon the obviative. This direction can be inverted meaning that the verb marks when the obviative is acting on the proximate by using the inverse
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The small groups of Plains Ojibwa are called the Saulteaux. This name derives from French and refers to those that gathered around the falls – specifically the Sault Ste. Marie area of modern Ontario and Michigan. They defeated the Cheyenne in the 1700s and occupied southern Manitoba and southern
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It was common for small groups to go onto the Plains to exploit the hunt and then return to the Woodland area. They would hunt moose, elk, and other forest game. As a result, they gradually advanced north and west from their Red River base, following the forest edge. The bison hunt also became
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In comparison to other eastern tribes, the Ojibwa have suffered the least population loss at the time of European contact. With the number of their peoples and early acquisition of rifles, the Ojibwa were a powerful political force during the early period of the fur trade.
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fluctuates in its animacy. This may be related to the practice of a "Strawberry Dance" by certain communities. The gender of an entity is important because for many morphemes, the language uses gender-specific morphology that distinguishes the animate from the inanimate.
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and those that are inanimate. The animate category includes all human beings and animals. Some items that are neither human nor animal are still considered animate—e.g., rock, pipe, raspberries, pants. Even across different Saulteaux dialects,
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of the verb. The overt DPs are actually not necessary as they just repeat information and relationships already marked on the verb. As a result, the occurrence of DPs referring to the arguments of verbs is optional and often left out.
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which means that it has free word order. A fully inflected verb constitutes a sentence or clause on its own with the subject, object, aspect and other notions expressed through the verbal morphology. The language dialect uses
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Randolph Valentine (2000) divides Ojibwa into two major dialect groups: a southern group and a northern group. The southern dialect group includes Saulteaux in southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan;
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can be inserted between two long vowels to maintain the phonotactic constraint that vowels do not occur next to each other in Saulteaux. When reduplication occurs on a vowel-initial root a
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which means that it relies heavily on affixation to express meaning. As is the case with languages that have active morphology, word order in this language is not as rigid as English.
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Saulteaux's word order, however, would be better described as VO(S) to show the rare appearance of an overt subject, but that it does occur finally most often when it does appear.
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unless attached to a noun stem ending with a glide. When there is a glide, like j or w, the suffix takes on the backness and rounding features of the glide. For example,
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According to Logan (2001), lenis consonants are voiced between vowels (i.e., V_V) and between nasals and vowels (i.e., N_V). Fortis consonants are sometimes either
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Nasal vowels are becoming denasalized; however, vowels may be nasalized before a nasal followed by a sibilant, i.e. in the phonotactically permissible sequences
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is inserted. This is marked by (y) in texts. Preroots ending in vowels that come before vowel-initial roots also receive this epenthesis. For example,
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Short vowels are treated different in the Ojibwa dialects. In Saulteaux, tensing does not occur with initial short vowels. They also do not shift to
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strategy for showing prominence between third persons within a discourse environment. Within a predication one animate third person will be the
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Saskatchewan when the fur trade died out. They were entrenched as a plains Indian group with the signing of the Number Treaties in the 1870s.
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is inserted between the personal prefix and the vowel when a stem is vowel-initial. This is marked by (t) in texts. For example,
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assimilates with the roundness of the w, and the resulting string is simplified to . This does not happen in Western Ojibwa.
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will be elided. The glides (w,y) are optionally elided in many cases, especially in casual speech. The negative particle
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For animate obviative plural, many communities do not distinguish between singular and plural in the animate obviative.
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as the voluntative preverb within the Saulteaux communities, especially speakers surveyed west of central Manitoba.
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There is no distinction between masculine and feminine – instead there is a distinction between items that are
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Western Ojibwa is non-syncopating which means that weak vowels are not deleted according to metrical position.
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as a negative past preverb. This is found common in areas adjacent to or bilingual with Cree, which uses the
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Genetically, Ojibwa is part of the Algonquian language family. This language family includes languages like
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by itself already shows that someone likes another person. The verb is from the third person set of the
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is the animate singular interrogative pronoun 'who' used by the Manitoba Saulteaux speakers while
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is not pronounced the same as elsewhere, instead the preceding vowel is given a nasalized sound.
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The exact number of current Saulteaux dialect speakers is unknown. However, there are several
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The Ojibwa-speaking regions are found mainly to the south of Cree-speaking regions in Canada.
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The thematic information is applied verb-internally and not at the sentence level and so the
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Native Languages: A Support Document for the Teaching of Language Patterns: Ojibwe and Cree
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incorporated into the cycle of seasonal exploitation for many of the Ojibwa family groups.
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Comparison of Central Ojibwa (Odawa), Western Ojibwa (Saulteaux), and Swampy Cree (2002)
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in North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. The northern dialect group includes
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Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian (2022-05-24).
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Neither Western Ojibwa or any dialect of Ojibwa has official status in North America.
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Saulteaux has twenty-four phonemic segments – seventeen consonants and seven vowels.
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Valentine (1994) found the following morphological properties for Western Ojibwa:
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Valentine (1994) found the following phonological properties of Western Ojibwa:
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for non-prominent third persons acting or being acted upon by the obviative.
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and any other animate third persons will be obligatorily designated as the
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A Collection of Saulteaux Texts with Translations and Linguistic Analyses
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A Saulteaux (Ojibwe) phrase book based on the dialects of Manitoba
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Bloomfield, Leonard (1946). "Algonquian". In Hoijer, Harry (ed.).
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is realized as labial nasal when it occurs before a labial stop
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Some notable researchers who documented the Ojibwa dialect are:
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as a complementizer preverb while communities in the south have
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There are a number of Saulteaux communities that use the suffix
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Saulteaux Ojibwa does not have a suffix for inanimate obviative
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is realized as velar nasal when it occurs before a velar stop
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Nasal cluster simplification does not happen in this dialect.
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Proto-Algonquian Reconstructions made by Bloomfield (1946)
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characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see
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in most of Ontario, Manitoulin Island and Georgian Bay;
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OLAC resources in and about the Western Ojibwa language
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is realized as when it occurs at the end of the word.
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found in southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan.
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Nahkawēwin: Saulteaux (Ojibway dialect of the Plains)
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Gordon, Raymond G.; Grimes, Barbara F., eds. (2005).
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is not realized with rounding like in some dialects.
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(1985). 2638: 2189:Joe-OBV 3.OBV-like-DIR-3.SG.PROX Mary-PROX 207: 29: 3035: 2626: 2025:is used by the extreme west of Saulteaux. 1985:Indefinite animate singular 'someone' is 2947:Aboriginal Language Services of Manitoba 2262: 1512: 1092: 727: 579: 423: 220:Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger 3000:Linguistic structures of native America 2495: 1927:Inanimate plural suffix is realized as 1033: 319:is generally used by its speakers, and 242:question marks, boxes, or other symbols 2041:is the interrogative particle 'where'. 1977:First person plural exclusive 'we' is 1231:After a long vowel and before s or ʃ, 3099:(Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre) 2929: 2917: 2905: 2890: 2873: 2861: 2849: 2837: 2825: 2800: 2788: 2776: 2764: 2752: 2713: 2701: 2686: 2666:. Queen's Printer for Ontario. 2002. 2650: 2609: 2594: 2033:is the interrogative particle 'when'. 295:language family. It is spoken by the 7: 2118:of the verb and any overt nouns (or 2049:is the interrogative particle 'how'. 3030:(MA thesis). University of Regina. 589:'Mary's older brother is sleeping' 2566:Ethnologue: Languages of the World 2235:The language is written using the 1947:for obviative possessor of animate 1082:The vowels are divided into three 25: 3138:First Nations languages in Canada 3047:The Saulteaux Language Dictionary 2264:Common phrases in Western Ojibwa 2084:Northern Manitoba Saulteaux have 1428:iwa-stems do not restructure to . 1193: 1183: 1173: 1156: 1146: 1136: 1126: 1015: 1003: 985: 972: 962: 943: 937: 927: 921: 900: 890: 868: 862: 852: 846: 836: 830: 820: 814: 799: 789: 779: 769: 759: 403:in southern Ontario; and finally 383:are spoken in the United States. 3064:Valentine, J. Randolph (1994). 2545:from the original on 2022-10-30 2529:"Northwestern-Saulteaux Ojibwa" 1478:Typologically, Saulteaux is an 1288:'we had it, we were there' and 1997:(which is the plural form) or 1819:Animohš-∅ owâpamikôn pôsîns-an 1371:simplified to the velar nasal 1: 2253:⟨á, é, í, ó, ú⟩ 2245:⟨â, ê, î, ô, û⟩ 2186:Joe-∅ o-minwênim-â-n Mary-an. 1765:Animohš-an owâpamân pôsîns-∅. 1724:Animohš-∅ owâpamân pôsîns-an. 1308:has no suffixation, then the 1304:: If a word that ends with a 1298:'(s)he sits for a long time'. 135:Northwestern-Saulteaux Ojibwa 3123:Central Algonquian languages 3066:Ojibwe dialect relationships 2447: 2435: 2423: 2411: 2399: 2387: 2381: 2369: 2357: 2345: 2333: 2321: 2309: 2302: 2290: 2278: 2220: 2210: 2107:non-configurational language 2092: 2086: 2077: 2068: 2059: 2053: 2045: 2037: 2029: 2021: 2015: 2007: 1999: 1993: 1987: 1979: 1970: 1964: 1955: 1943: 1941:while others use the suffix 1937: 1929: 1917: 1911: 1905: 1899: 1893: 1887: 1877: 1866: 1831: 1778: 1686: 1646: 1630: 1612: 1596: 1578: 1562: 1544: 1528: 1456: 1439: 1433: 1414: 1408: 1314: 1290: 1280: 1256: 622: 610: 598: 322: 264: 39: 1318:usually occurs without the 571: 564: 557: 519: 512: 505: 3164: 3045:Scott, Mary Ellen (1995). 2237:Standard Roman Orthography 1968:is used. 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Western Ojibwa has the 611:Nibaawan Maanii osayenzan 606:Western Ojibwa/Saulteaux 315:, west of Lake Winnipeg. 228: 206: 37: 1822:dog-PROX see.INV cat-OBV 691:The consonants are four 411:in northern Ontario and 27:Ojibwe dialect of Canada 3148:Culture of Saskatchewan 3008:Cote, Margaret (1984). 2580:Cote & Klokeid 1985 2513:(subscription required) 2175: 2145: 2134: 2131:Joe ominwênimân Maryan. 1959:in nouns with a Cy stem 1808: 1797: 1786: 1754: 1746: 1735: 1713: 1705: 1694: 658:Geographic distribution 545: 538: 531: 493: 486: 479: 467: 459: 3073:Voorhis, Paul (1977). 2436:_________ ndizhinikaaz 2424:Aaniin ezhinikaazoyin? 2327:Do you speak English? 1514:Animacy vs. inanimacy 1484:polysynthetic language 1094:Western Ojibwa Vowels 230:This article contains 3128:Anishinaabe languages 3097:Our Languages: Nakawē 2767:, pp. 10, 24–34. 2485:J. Randolph Valentine 2441:My name is _________ 2322:Gizhaaganaashiim ina? 1891:, 'small boat' (stem 1768:cat-PROX sees dog-OBV 1727:dog-PROX sees cat-OBV 667:Saulteaux communities 594:Central Ojibwa/Odawa 299:, a subnation of the 2975:Algonquian languages 2284:Hello: How are you? 2247:) or acute accent ( 1974:is much more common. 623:Nipâniwa Mânî ostesa 303:people, in southern 3143:Culture of Manitoba 3019:Saulteaux verb book 2469:Margaret Cote-Lerat 2460:Notable researchers 2429:What is your name? 2375:Of course, I agree 2339:No, none, negative 2265: 1771:The cat sees a dog. 1730:The dog sees a cat. 1515: 1095: 730: 582: 426: 415:in Western Quebec. 2263: 2120:determiner phrases 1953:There is no final 1915:'small net' (stem 1513: 1490:Gender and animacy 1431:In some dialects, 1326:Nasal assimilation 1093: 906:⟨hš⟩ 896:⟨hs⟩ 795:⟨hk⟩ 785:⟨hč⟩ 775:⟨ht⟩ 765:⟨hp⟩ 753:Plosive/Affricate 728: 580: 424: 419:Leonard Bloomfield 357:Montagnais-Naskapi 291:, a member of the 93:10,000 (2002) 2920:, pp. 97–99. 2864:, pp. 54–55. 2852:, pp. 53–54. 2840:, pp. 52–54. 2803:, pp. 37–40. 2511:(18th ed., 2015) 2457: 2456: 2249:⟨´⟩ 2241:⟨^⟩ 1662: 1661: 1322:in casual speech. 1204: 1203: 1199:⟨â⟩ 1189:⟨a⟩ 1179:⟨ê⟩ 1162:⟨ô⟩ 1152:⟨o⟩ 1142:⟨î⟩ 1132:⟨i⟩ 1030: 1029: 1021:⟨y⟩ 1009:⟨w⟩ 991:⟨n⟩ 978:⟨n⟩ 968:⟨m⟩ 949:⟨š⟩ 933:⟨s⟩ 874:⟨k⟩ 858:⟨č⟩ 842:⟨t⟩ 826:⟨p⟩ 805:⟨h⟩ 629: 628: 578: 577: 444:Proto-Algonquian 433:'he walks along' 256: 255: 238:rendering support 234:phonetic symbols. 16:(Redirected from 3155: 3086: 3069: 3060: 3041: 3039: 3022: 3013: 3004: 2962: 2961: 2959: 2958: 2949:. 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