Ojibwe, also known as Ojibwa, Ojibway, Otchipwe, Ojibwemowin, or Anishinaabemowin, is an indigenous language of North America of the Algonquian language family. The language is characterized by a series of dialects that have local names and frequently local writing systems. There is no single dialect that is considered the most prestigious or most prominent, and no standard writing system that covers all dialects.
Ontario Heritage Plaque in Ojibwe at the Battle of the Thames historical site
A sign at Lakehead University in English and Ojibwe
Names of the Great Lakes and surrounding regions in Ojibwe
Indigenous languages of the Americas
The Indigenous languages of the Americas are the languages that were used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas before the arrival of non-Indigenous peoples. Over a thousand of these languages are still used today, while many more are now extinct. The Indigenous languages of the Americas are not all related to each other; instead, they are classified into a hundred or so language families, as well as a number of extinct languages that are unclassified due to the lack of information on them.
Yucatec Maya writing in the Dresden Codex, ca. 11–12th century, Chichen Itza
A Urarina shaman, 1988