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Nishnaabemwin Online Dictionary
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Language Name
Ojibwe.
Alternate Language Names
Anishinaabemowin, ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ, Ojibwa,
Region
Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, Canada; Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, United States.
Who
Mary Ann Naokwegijig-Corbiere, Rand Valentine (Editors); Marie-Odile Junker (Web development); Delasie Torkornoo (Database Programming).
Others Involved
Sharon G. Johnson, Rhonda Taylor, Doug Williams (Curve Lake language consultants); Judy Armstrong, Jean Bebamash, Ann Corbiere, Caroline Corbiere, George L. Corbiere, Gina Corbiere, Melvina Corbiere, Ted Corbiere, Elizabeth Debassige, Levi Debassige, Lewis Debassige, Maisie Debassige, Nancy Debassige, Gregory Ense, Grace Fox, Joseph Fox, David Migwans, Molly Migwans, Victor Migwans, Elizabeth Panamick, Elizabeth M. Paul, Evelyn Roy (M’Chigeeng language consultants); Isabel Abitong, Mary Assinewe, Dan Fox, Irene Makadebin, Grace Manitowabi, Alice Moses, Georgina Toulouse, Ida R. Toulouse, Madonna Toulouse, Martha Toulouse, Pauline Toulouse, Mary Ann Trudeau, Mary E. Wemigwans (Sagamok language consultants); Jennie Blackbird, Joanne Day, Linda George, Elizabeth Isaac, Reta Sands, Ira White, Sr. (Walpole Island language consultants); Eric Corbiere, Rita G. Corbiere, Rosemary Enosse, Jeanette Eshkawkogan, Stephen George, Lima Jacko, Peter Mishibinijima, Jim Naokwegijig, Leonard Naokwegijig, Teresa Naokwegijig, Martina Osawamick, Josephine Pelletier, Rose Linda Peltier, Thecla Pheasant, Isaac Pitawanakwat, Lucy Ida Pitawanakwat, Mary Stacey, Stella Trudeau, Rosemary Wakegijig, Lillian Webkamigad, Phyllis Williams, Shirley Williams (Wikwemikong language consultants); Susan Glover, Rachel Haliburton, Catherine Murton Stoehr (translation assistance); Dustin Bowers (editorial assistance); University of Sudbury, Lakehead University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Carleton University (support).
Publishing Information
This is a digital dictionary that was launched in 2015 through the Algonquian Languages Project. Data in the footer suggests it was last updated in 2018.
How People are Cited
Authors, speakers, and contributors are cited by name under the Credits tab.
How Information is Cited
Speakers are cited under Credits. Previous works by linguists and anthropologists are cited in entries by short codes that display the full citation when the cursor hovers over them.
Where is Information Coming from
Information in this dictionary comes from speakers and from previous works by linguists and anthropologists.
Tools and Framework used
This is a web-hosted dictionary with a multidirectional search function and hyperlinks.
Access
This dictionary is available open access online.
Included Languages and Directionality
Ojibwe to English; English to Ojibwe.
Dialects Included
This is primarily a dictionary of Ottawa (Odawa) Ojibwe, with forms included from Eastern Ojibwe.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional online dictionary with search and browse functions.
How are Entries Organised
Entries in this dictionary can be searched in English or Ojibwe, and browsed alphabetically in Ojibwe. Each entry contains the Ojibwe headword and the word class, the English gloss, inflected forms, and word components in a drop-down list. Each word component is hyperlinked to its own entry.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | Included under How to use this dictionary |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ✅ | By abbreviation in entries |
External Links
View the Nishnaabemwin Online Dictionary open access: https://dictionary.nishnaabemwin.atlas-ling.ca/#/help
View the other projects on the Algonquian Languages Project: https://www.algonquianlanguages.ca/