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Ojibwe People's Dictionary
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Language Name
Ojibwe.
Alternate Language Names
Anishinaabemowin, ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Otchipwe, Ojibwemowin.
Region
Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Canada; Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, United States.
Who
Nora Livesay (Editor), John D. Nichols (Founder and Linguistic Editor).
Others Involved
Earl Nyholm, Brenda Child, Marcia Anderson, Eugene Stillday, Gerri Howard, Gordon Jourdain, Leona Wakonabo, Lee Staples, Larry Smallwood, Marlene Stately, Nancy Jones, Rose Tainter,
Publishing Information
How People are Cited
About the Dictionary page; Speakers' Bios page. Initials in audio recordings, speakers all have bios on the "Voices" page.
How Information is Cited
By speaker.
Where is Information Coming from
Speakers, previous works.
Tools and Framework used
Multimedia website.
Access
Open.
Included Languages and Directionality
English to Ojibwe, Ojibwe to English
Dialects Included
Entries include "Region codes" if the word is limited to a specific region. Here is the key to the regions: Key to Regions
Type of Dictionary
Bilingual online dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
By search; alphabetically (Ojibwe, English); browsing categories include "Awensiinyag (wild animals), bineshiinyag (birds), mitigoog (trees), manoominikewin (ricing), and iskigamizigewin (sugaring)".
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | |
| Audio | ✅ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | |
| Speakers marked | ✅ | Includes speakers' initials in every entry |
| Dialects marked | ✅ | Has "region code" |
Other Notes
From the website sidebar: "Many of the words in the Ojibwe People's Dictionary have related resources. Click through to the full dictionary entry to hear audio recordings, see images, read documents and watch videos."