by Rick Revelle
u
o
u
Like the u in tune.
ú
u’, u:
uː
Like u only held longer.
Diphthongs
Character We Use
Sometimes Also Used
IPA Symbol
How to Say It
aw
au
aw
Like ow in cow.
ay
ai
aj
Like eye.
ew
ew
This sound doesn’t really exist in English. It sounds a little like saying the AO from AOL quickly.
ey
ei
ej
Like ay in hay.
iw
iw
Like a child saying ew!
Consonants
Character We Use
Sometimes Also Used
IPA Symbol
How to Say It
j
c, ch, tj
ʧ~ʤ
Like ch in char or j in jar.
k
g
k ~ g
Like k in skate or g in gate.
kw
kw
kw~kw
Usually, it’s pronounced like qu in queen, but at the end of a word it’s pronounced more like a k with a puff of air after it.
l
l
Like l in light.
m
m
Like m in moon.
n
n
Like n in night.
p
b
p ~ b
Like p in spill or b in bill.
q
x, ĝ, kh
x ~ ɣ
Guttural sound that does not exist in English. Like ch in German ach or g in Spanish saguaro.
qw
xw
xw~xw
Guttural sound that doesn’t exist in English. Usually, it is pronounced like a q and a w together. But at the end of a word it’s pronounced more like a q with a puff of air after it.
s
s ~ z
Like s in sue or z in zoo.
t
d
t ~ d
Like t in sty or d in die (see voicing, below).
w
w
Like w in way.
y
i
j
Like y in yes.
Selected Resources
Books
Bennet, Doug, and Tim Tiner. Up North Again. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997.
Capps, Benjamin. The Old West: The Great Chiefs. New York: Time-Life Books, 1975.
____. The Old West: The Indians. New York: Time-Life Books, 1973.
Clifton, James A., George L. Cornell, and James M. McLurken. People of the Three Fires. Sault Ste. Marie, MI: Michigan Indian Press, 1986.
Crowe, Keith J. A History of the Original Peoples of Northern Canada. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press 1974.
Curtin, Jeremiah. Native American Creation Myths. Mineola, NY: Dover, 2004.
Drury, Bob, and Tom Clavin. The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, an American Legend. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2013.
Hannon, Leslie F. The Discovers. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1971.
Johnson, Michael G. Native Tribes of North America. 2nd ed. Richmond Hill, ON: Firefly Books, 2014.
King, Cecil. Balancing Two Worlds: Jean-Baptiste Assiginack and the Odawa Nation. Saskatoon: Saskatoon Firstprint, 2013.
Le Sueur, William D. Count Frontenac. London: Oxford University Press, 1928.
Mack-E-Te-Be-Nessy, Chief (A.J. Blackbird). History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan. Ypsilanti, MI: Ypsilantian Job Printing House, 1887.
Mowat, Farley. No Man’s River. Toronto: Key Porter, 2006.
Nichols, John D., and Earl Nyholm. A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Minneapolis, MN; University of Minnesota Press, 1995.
Raddall, Thomas H. The Path of Destiny. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1957.
Robson, Lucia St. Clair. Ghost Warrior. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2002.
Schmalz, Peter S. The Ojibwa of Southern Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1991.
Trigger, Bruce G. The Huron Farmers of the North. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
Trumbull, Henry. History of the Indian Wars. Boston: Phillips and Samson, 1846.
Walker, James R. Lakȟóta Society. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1982.
Warren, William W. History of the Ojibway People. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society, 1984.
Weatherford, Jack. Indian Givers. New York: Crown, 1988.
Williamson, John P. An English-Dakota Dictionary. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1992.
Zu Wied, Prince Maximilian. People of the First Man: Life Among the Plains Indians in Their Final Days of Glory. North Saanich, BC: Promontory Press, 1982.
Museums
Akta Lakȟóta Museum (Chamberlain, South Dakota)
Assiginack Museum (Manitowaming, Manitoulin Island, Ontario)
Centennial Museum of Shequiandah (Shequiandah, Manitoulin Island, Ontario)
Dakota Indian Foundation (Chamberlain, South Dakota)
Lilian’s Museum (M’chigeeng, Manitoulin Island, Ontario)
Manitoba Museum (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Museum of Ojibwa Culture (St. Ignace, Michigan)
Old Mill Heritage Center (Kagawong, Manitoulin Island, Ontario)
Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Ontario)
Websites
http://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu
www.bearhawk.net/pages/wordsearch.html
www.firstvoices.com/en/Huronne-Wendat-EN/word- query-form
www.freelang.net/online/ojibwe.php
www.hilaroad.com/camp/nation/speak.html
www.lakotadictionary.org/nldo.php
www.mikmaqonline.org
www.native-languages.org/algonquin_guide.htm
www.native-languages.org/mikmaq_guide.htm
www.thealgonquinway.ca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPnjDj3xR2g
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q
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