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Ojibwe 〔Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student’s Handbook'', Edinburgh〕 (Ojibwa, Ojibway), also known as Chippewa or Otchipwe,〔R. R. Bishop Baraga, 1878. (''A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language'' )〕 is a North American indigenous language of the Algonquian language family.〔Goddard, Ives, 1979.〕〔Bloomfield, Leonard, 1958.〕 Ojibwe is characterized by a series of dialects that have local names and frequently local writing systems. There is no single dialect that is considered the most prestigious or most prominent, and no standard writing system that covers all dialects. The relative autonomy of the regional dialects of Ojibwe is associated with an absence of linguistic or political unity among Ojibwe-speaking groups. Dialects of Ojibwe are spoken in Canada, from southwestern Quebec, through Ontario, Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan, with outlying communities in Alberta;〔Valentine, J. Randolph, 1994, p. 6.〕〔Nichols, John, 1980, pp. 1-2.〕 and in the United States, from Michigan through Wisconsin and Minnesota, with a number of communities in North Dakota and Montana, as well as groups removed to Kansas and Oklahoma during the Indian Removal period.〔〔Rhodes, Richard, and Evelyn Todd, 1981.〕 While there is some variation in the classification of Ojibwe dialects, at a minimum the following are recognized, proceeding west to east: Western Ojibwe (Saulteaux), Southwestern Ojibwe (Chippewa), Northwestern Ojibwe, Severn Ojibwe (Oji-Cree), Ottawa (Odawa), Eastern Ojibwe, and Algonquin. Based upon contemporary field research, Valentine also recognizes several other dialects: Berens Ojibwe in northwestern Ontario, which he distinguishes from Northwestern Ojibwe; North of (Lake) Superior; and Nipissing. The latter two cover approximately the same territory as Central Ojibwa, which he does not recognize.〔Valentine, J. Randolph, 1994, p. 456.〕 The aggregated dialects of Ojibwe comprise the second most commonly spoken First Nations language in Canada (after Cree),〔(Statistics Canada 2006 ).〕 and the fourth most widely spoken in the United States or Canada behind Navajo, Inuit and Cree. Ojibwe is a relatively healthy Native American language. The Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion School teaches all classes to children in Ojibwe only.〔http://www.waadookodaading.org/〕 ==Classification== The Algonquian language family of which Ojibwe is a member is itself a member of the Algic language family, other Algic languages being Wiyot and Yurok.〔 Ojibwe is sometimes described as a Central Algonquian language, along with Fox, Cree, Menominee, Miami-Illinois, Potawatomi, and Shawnee.〔 Central Algonquian is a geographical term of convenience rather than a genetic subgroup, and its use does not indicate that the Central languages are more closely related to each other than to the other Algonquian languages.〔Goddard, Ives, 1978; Goddard, Ives, 1979.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ojibwe language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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