Odawa language

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Odawa
Spoken in: Canada, United States 
Region: Ontario; Oklahoma
Total speakers:
Language family: Algic
 Algonquian
  Central
   Ojibwa
    Odawa
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: otw

The Odawa language (also known as Daawaamwin, Nishnaabemwin, Ottawa [ISO 639-3]) is a dialect of Anishinaabemowin spoken by the Odawa/Ottawa peoples. It is spoken in Ontario and Michigan, and is going through revitalization in Oklahoma. Nishnaabemwin is characterised by its high degree of vowel syncope, when compared with other Anishinaabe language dialects.

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[edit] Further reading

  • 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.