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  4. Western Ojibwa
ISO 639-3 · ojwojw
Algic family

Western Ojibwa

Western Ojibwa is a language of the Central Algonquian branch (Algic), spoken in Canada. Wikidata counts 10,000 first-language speakers (2002).

6b · Threatened10,000
At a glance
ISO 639-3
ojw
Glottocode
west1510
Family
Algic
Wikipedia
7 language editions
10,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameWestern Ojibwa
Also calledWestern Ojibwa language
L1 speakers10,000 (2002)

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
UNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this level
family tree

From Algic to Western Ojibwa

The branches above Western Ojibwa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.