Research Catalog

Title

A dictionary of the Ojibway language / Frederic Baraga ; with a new foreword by John D. Nichols.

Author

Baraga, Frederic, 1797-1868

Publication

St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c1992.

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Additional Authors

Nichols, John (John D.)

Description

xv, 422 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

"The language of the Ojibway people was recorded by Frederic Baraga (1797 - 1868), a missionary priest from Slovenia, who was sent in 1835 by the Catholic Church to serve among the Ojbway living in the Lake Superior region. The multilingual Baraga quickly learned the Ojibway language and during many years worked within the community to produce a dictionary, a grammar, and religious literature. In 1835, the first edition of A dictionary of the Ojibway language in English was published, and a revised edition of this Ojibway-English, English-Ojibway dictionary followed in 1878. More that a hundred years, this dictionary remains a classic and the most complete reference to the Ojibway language available. It is an important cultural and linguistic source for historians, anthropologists, and linguists, ethnologists, and all students interested in the Ojibwa language."--Back cover.

Series Statement

Borealis

Uniform Title

• Dictionary of the Otchipwe language
• Borealis (Saint Paul, Minn.)

Alternative Title

Dictionary of the Otchipwe language

Subject

• Ojibwa language > English
• English language > Ojibwa

Genre/Form

• Reference works
• Dictionaries

Note

• Originally published under title: A dictionary of the Otchipwe language. Montreal : Beauchemin & Valois, 1878.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliogrphical references (p. xiv-xv).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0873512812 (alk. paper) :

LCCN

^^^92028915^

OCLC

• 26398300
• SCSB-10290611

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Harvard Library