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Western Ojibwa (also known as Nakawēmowin (ᓇᐦᑲᐌᒧᐎᓐ), Saulteaux, and Plains Ojibwa) is a dialect of the Ojibwe language, a member of the Algonquian language family. It is spoken by the Saulteaux , a subnation of the Ojibwe people, in southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan , Canada , west of Lake Winnipeg. [ 3 ]
The Saulteaux are a branch of the Ojibwe Nations within Canada.They are sometimes called the Anihšināpē (Anishinaabe). [1] Saulteaux is a French term meaning 'waters ("eaux") - fall ("sault")', and by extension "People of the rapids/water falls", referring to their former location in the area of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, on the St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario) which connects Lake ...
Modern Algonquin-language resources tend to use a more English-based system, in which long vowels are marked with a grave accent (or alternatively by doubling the vowel). [25] The Nipissing dialect term omàmìwininì 'downriver people' refers to Algonquin speakers, [26] [27] with the term for the language being omàmìwininìmowin. [27]
Margaret R. Cote (also Margaret R. Cote-Lerat, [1] August 2, 1950 – March 31, 2021), was a Canadian educator, author, linguist, and historian.A Saulteaux, she is best known for her work concerning the preservation of Western Ojibwe language and culture, as well as being the first teacher in Saskatchewan to teach a First Nations language in a public school.
Bungi Creole is an English-based Creole language spoken in Manitoba by the descendants of "English, Scottish, and Orkney fur traders and their Cree or Saulteaux wives ...". [ 76 ] Bungee incorporates elements of Cree; the name may be from the Ojibwe word bangii 'a little bit' or the Cree equivalent, but whether there is any other Ojibwe ...
His work A Dictionary of the Otchipwe Language, explained in English is still considered the best reference regarding the Ojibwe vocabulary of western Upper Peninsula of Michigan and northern Wisconsin. In his dictionary, grammar books, and prayer book, the sound representations of Ojibwe are shown in the table below.
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The First Nation was originally part of the Yellow-quill Saulteaux Band, a Treaty Band named after a Treaty 4 signatory Chief Ošāwaškokwanēpi, whose name means "Green/Blue-quill." However, due to "š" merging with "s" in Nakawēmowin (Saulteaux language) , this led to a mistranslation of his name as "Yellow-quill"—"yellow" being osāw ...