Ojibwa language
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- noun
- /oʊˈdʒɪb.wə ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
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- Linguists have documented the Ojibwa language to help keep it alive for future generations.
Examples
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The Ojibwa language has a rich oral tradition that is still preserved today.
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Many children are learning the Ojibwa language today.
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She is learning to speak Ojibwa language to connect with her heritage.
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The Ojibwa language is rich in history.
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Linguists have documented the Ojibwa language to help keep it alive for future generations.
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She is learning to speak Ojibwa language to connect with her heritage.
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Many children are learning the Ojibwa language today.
Synonyms
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A Native language spoken around Lake Superior by Ojibwe people
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A Native American people of the Great Lakes region who speak their own language
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A Native American language spoken around Lake Superior in Canada and the northern United States
A language spoken by the Ojibwa people in North America
A language spoken by the Ojibway people in parts of Canada and northern United States
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a fully compositional noun phrase: 'Ojibwa' names the people/ethnic group and 'language' denotes a speech system, so the meaning 'the language of the Ojibwa people' is directly derivable from the parts. The proper-noun + language pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Ojibwa language comes from the people's own name Ojibwa. One popular story says Ojibwa comes from a word for a way of sewing moccasins that makes the leather 'pucker', so it meant 'people who make puckered moccasins' and later became the name of the people and their speech.