Pimsleur Ojibwe

The Ojibwe Language

The Anishinaabe language (also called the Ojibwe group of languages, Ojibwa [ISO 639-3], Anishinabemowin, or Anishinaabemowin) is the second most commonly spoken Native language in Canada (after Cree), and the third most spoken in North America (behind Navajo and Cree).

It is spoken by the Anishinaabeg who are the Algonquin, Nipissing, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Saulteaux, Mississaugas and Odawa (Ottawa). Very closely related to Anishinaabemowin and often included in this group are the Anishinini language and the Potawatomi language. As their fur trading with the French increased the Ojibwas’ power, the Anishinaabe language became the trade language of the Great Lakes region, and was for hundreds of years an extremely significant presence in the northern United States.

The Anishinaabe language is spoken by approximately 76,100 people in North America. Its largest component, the Ojibwe language, which includes the Chippewa language, Saulteaux language, Mississauga language and the Ottawa language, is spoken by 14,710 people in the United States[2] and by as many as 45,060 in Canada,[1] making it one of the largest Algic languages by speakers. The various dialects are spoken in northern Montana, northern North Dakota, northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and Michigan in the United States, and north into eastern British Columbia, southern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba and Ontario in Canada.

The second largest Anishinaabe language component is Anishinini language, also known as Oji-cree, spoken by as many as 12,600 people in eastern Manitoba and northern Ontario in Canada; it was one of only six indigenous languages in Canada to report an increase in use. Anishinaabe language also includes the Algonquin language, spoken by 2,680 people in northeastern Ontario and west-central Quebec; all languages similar to the Algonquin language are described as being an Algonquian language. The smallest component of the Anishinaabe language is the Potawatomi language, spoken by approximately 1,000 people in Ontario, northeastern Wisconsin, Michigan, northern Indiana, northeastern Kansas and Oklahoma.

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What satisfied customers say about the Pimsleur Ojibwe Audios:

This first of a proposed three programs teaches the Ojibwe language (a.k.a. Chippewa or Anishinaabemowin) in a fashion which is refreshingly new and different from other language material and courses.

Instead of presenting new elements of Ojibwe vocabulary and grammar in choppy sequences of unrelated events, it builds up on a conversation by expanding a dialogue from one session to the next. The progression includes consistent reminders of previous lessons in an aural construction of a simple greeting between two individuals into a longer conversational interaction.

The price seems a bit high for a package of sixteen tapes. The cost is comparable to purchasing several individual Anishinaabe language tapes which the market offers. It has an advantage in the continuity which exists from the first of the many tapes to the last, and its method of delivery avoids the dullness of continual rote memorization.

For those who care to further their abilities and print in the language, any web based search engine or a distributor's search engine such as the one on this page can display a selection of texts which instruct in or include writing the Ojibwe language. -- A. Pohic, near Crystal City, USA