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Dakota vs Ojibwe - What's the difference?

dakota | ojibwe |

As proper nouns the difference between dakota and ojibwe

is that dakota is the Santee branch of the Sioux people; the language of these people while Ojibwe is the language spoken by the native Algonquin people of central Canada, one of a closely related group of languages and dialects of the Algonquian branch of the Algic language family.

As nouns the difference between dakota and ojibwe

is that dakota is a member of the Dakota people while Ojibwe is a member of a native Algonquin people of central Canada.

dakota

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • the Santee branch of the Sioux people; the language of these people
  • either of the two states North Dakota or South Dakota
  • .
  • * 2002 , Dork Geek Jew , Allen & Unwin (2002), ISBN 1865087912, page 12:
  • 'Montana?' I said. 'You can't call a kid Montana'?these friends of mine were going to call their new baby girl Montana and I tried to talk them out of it, because I'm sick of Australians naming their kids after American placenames, I'm sick of all these Montanas and Delawares and Indianas and Dallases. You'd never hear it the other way around; you're not going to hear about an American kid called Warrnambool or Kooweerup? [- - -] and they said,'Okay okay, we won't call her Montana.' So they called her Dakota .

    Derived terms

    * Dakota group

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the Dakota people.
  • See also

    *

    ojibwe

    English

    (wikipedia Ojibwe)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The language spoken by the native Algonquin people of central Canada, one of a closely related group of languages and dialects of the Algonquian branch of the Algic language family.
  • See also

    * (oj)

    Synonyms

    * Ojibwa * Ojibway * Chippewa * anishinaabemowin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of a native Algonquin people of central Canada.