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Language code: oji

Technical information about ISO 639 language code oji

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The table below provides technical details for the Ojibwa language, designated by the oji code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

oji

Name

Official

Ojibwa

Native

ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Southwestern Ojibwe (Chippewa)Northwestern Ojibwe (Saulteaux)Severn Ojibwe (Northern)Eastern OjibweOttawa
Related languages
CreeAlgonquinPotawatomiMenomineeMiami-Illinois
Key facts
Polysynthetic morphology allows a single word to express an entire English sentenceNouns are divided into animate and inanimate grammatical genders, regardless of physical lifeSpeakers employ both Latin-based orthographies and Canadian Aboriginal syllabics, often interchangeablyVerbs inflect for person of both subject and object, yielding rich agreement patternsOral storytelling traditions preserve historical events and cultural teachings in highly formulaic language.
Sample phrase

ᐊᓂᓃᐣ, ᐊᓂᔑᐡ ᓇ ᐁᔑᔮᔨᐣ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Ojibwa language, identified by the code oji, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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