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- Like many North American languages, Ojibwe is polysynthetic, meaning it exhibits a great deal of synthesis and a very high morpheme -to-word ratio (e.g., the single word for "they are Chinese" is aniibiishaabookewininiiwiwag, which contains six morphemes: leaf-liquid-make-man-be- PLURAL, or approximately "they are leaf-drink [i.e., tea] makers").
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This site provides an introduction to the Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) language, with a focus on the dialect spoken in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The site includes a set of lessons, with bits of conversation and grammatical components.
Ojibwe grammar. The Ojibwe language is an Algonquian North American indigenous language spoken throughout the Great Lakes region and westward onto the northern plains. It is one of the largest indigenous language north of Mexico in terms of number of speakers, and exhibits a large number of divergent dialects.
Anishinaabemowin Grammar. Home | Grammar Intro. This page provides a table of contents to the on-line grammar, which is in its infant stages right now (there's almost nothing in it!). Click on a chapter's title to move to its detailed contents, or any detailed topic title to go to the corresponding page.
The Ojibwe People's Dictionary uses the Double-Vowel system to write Ojibwe words. This alphabet has become the standard writing system for Ojibwe in the United States and in some parts of Canada. Users unfamiliar with spelling in the Double-Vowel alphabet should consult the Search Tips page for help in getting the best search results.
Lessons. This page provides links to weekly lesson pages, providing notes and links to other parts of the site. Typically a lesson will have vocabulary, often some speech fragment for you to memorize, and grammatical notes and links. Click on a link below to go the corresponding weekly lesson. If you need a copy of the syllabus, click here.
The lessons on this site explain Anishinaabe grammar because that is how many adults who already speak one language are able to start understanding and using another language. The vocabulary is primarily Ojibwe and Odawa, but speakers of Potowatomi use the same grammar and many of the words are the same.
The parts of speech (or classes of words) in Ojibwe are nouns, pronouns, verbs, preverbs, adverbs and particles. Each of these parts of speech can be further divided into subclasses that describe a particular use within the language.
