Ottawa

A language of Canada

Population	7,100 in Canada. Ethnic population: 60,000.
Region	Islands, areas surrounding Lake Huron, from Manitoulin Island to southern Ontario north of Lake Erie. Walople Island Reserve. West of a north south line through base of Bruce Peninsula. Also in United States.
Language map	Canada
Alternate names	Odawa, Ojibway, Ojibwe
Classification	Algic, Algonquian, Central, Ojibwa A member of macrolanguage Ojibwa [oji] (Canada).
Language use	Vigorous on Manitoulin Island. Dying out in many areas. Mainly adults. All also use English, some use other Ojibwa varieties.
Language development	Taught in primary schools. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1841–1844.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Called Eastern Ojibwa in Bloomfield’s grammar. In southern Ontario also called Chippewa.

Language name	Ottawa
Population	10 monolinguals. 330 Ottawa, 5,065 Ojibwa in USA (1990 census). Ethnic population: 20,000 (Ottawa and Chippewa) in USA (1991 M. Kincade); Census (2000) lists 8,350 Ojibwa, 559 Ottawa.
Region	Lower Michigan, upper Michigan near Sault Ste. Marie.
Language map	Northern Central United States of America
Alternate names	Chippewa, Eastern Ojibwa, Odawa, Ojibwe
Language use	Dying out in many areas. Concerted effort via language teaching in public schools and other efforts to reverse decline. Probably all also use English, some use other Ojibwa varieties.
Language development	Taught in primary schools.

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