- Ottawa language
language
name=Ottawa
familycolor=American
states=Canada ,United States
region=Ontario ;Michigan ,Oklahoma
fam1=Algic
fam2=Algonquian
fam3=Central
fam4=Ojibwa
iso3=otwThe Ottawa language (also known as Odawa language, "Daawaamwin" or "Nishnaabemwin") is a dialect of "Anishinaabemowin" spoken by the Odawa/Ottawa peoples. It is spoken in Ontario and Michigan, especially on
Manitoulin Island and is going through revitalization in Oklahoma. "Nishnaabemwin" is characterised by its high degree of vowelsyncope , when compared with otherOjibwa-Potawatomi-Ottawa language dialects .See also
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Ojibwa-Potawatomi-Ottawa language dialects Further reading
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=otw Ethnologue entry for Ottawa]
*Rhodes, Richard A. 1985. "Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary". Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
*Valentine, J. Randolph. 2001. "Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar". Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
*Cappel, Constance.2006. "Odawa Language and Legends: Andrew J. Blackbird and Raymond Kiogima". Philadelphia: Xlibris.
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