the ojibwe language known anishinaabemowin or ojibwemowin, , still spoken, although number of fluent speakers has declined sharply. today, of language s fluent speakers elders. since 21st century, there growing movement revitalize language, , restore strength central part of ojibwe culture. language belongs algonquian linguistic group, , descended proto-algonquian. sister languages include blackfoot, cheyenne, cree, fox, menominee, potawatomi, , shawnee among northern plains tribes. anishinaabemowin referred central algonquian language; central algonquian area grouping, however, rather linguistic genetic one.
ojibwemowin fourth-most spoken native language in north america (us , canada) after navajo, cree, , inuktitut. many decades of fur trading french established language 1 of key trade languages of great lakes , northern great plains.
the popularity of epic poem song of hiawatha, written henry wadsworth longfellow in 1855, publicized ojibwe culture. epic contains many toponyms originate ojibwe words.
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