Ottawa language

E468233

Algonquian language Indigenous language of North America endangered language

The Ottawa language is an Algonquian Indigenous language of North America, closely related to Ojibwe and traditionally spoken by the Ottawa (Odawa) people around the Great Lakes region.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Ottawa language canonical	4

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Algonquian language ⓘ Indigenous language of North America ⓘ endangered language ⓘ
alternateName	Nishnaabemwin (in some communities) ⓘ Odawa language NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Chippewa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojibwe language NERFINISHED ⓘ Potawatomi language ⓘ
culturalRole	key marker of Ottawa (Odawa) identity ⓘ
endangermentStatus	definitely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Odawa people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottawa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottocode	otta1242 ⓘ
hasFeature	animacy-based noun classification ⓘ complex system of preverbs ⓘ complex verb morphology ⓘ direct–inverse verb marking ⓘ distinction between independent and conjunct verb orders ⓘ extensive vowel syncope ⓘ obviative grammatical category ⓘ person hierarchy in verb agreement ⓘ polysynthetic structure ⓘ rich system of verbal affixes ⓘ stress patterns affected by vowel syncope ⓘ use of diminutive suffixes ⓘ use of locative suffixes ⓘ use of negative particles ⓘ use of plural suffixes on nouns ⓘ
hasLinguisticDescriptionBy	Richard A. Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ Valentine J. Randolph (Ojibwe-Odawa work) ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEfforts	community-based language classes ⓘ dictionary and grammar projects ⓘ immersion and language nest programs ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	otw ⓘ
languageFamily	Algic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Algonquian languages ⓘ
partOf	Anishinaabe languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
subclassOf	Central Algonquian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ojibwe language continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Huron region NERFINISHED ⓘ Manitoulin Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Ottawa First Nations communities in Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottawa communities in Michigan ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script double-vowel orthography ⓘ syllabics (historically, to a limited extent) ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ottawa people → traditionalLanguage → Ottawa language ⓘ

Ottawa → primaryLanguage → Ottawa language ⓘ

Pontiac (Ottawa war leader) → languageSpoken → Ottawa language ⓘ

subject surface form: Pontiac

Central Algonquian → hasMember → Ottawa language ⓘ