Ojibwe syllabary (ᐊᓂᔑᓇᐯ)
Origin
Notable features
Ojibwe is an Algonquian language spoken on by about 50,000 people in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and by about 30,000 people in the US states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana and North Dakota. The Ojibwe syllabary is used mainly in Canada, while in the USA the Latin alphabet is prefered for writing Ojibwe.
The Ojibwe langauge has a number of names, including Anishinaabemowin (ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ) and Ojibwemowin (ᐅᒋᐺᒧᐎᓐ). The Ojibwa people call themselves Anishinaabeg (ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒃ)
Ojibwe syllabary
Sample text (unpointed)
Sample text (pointed)
Transliteration
Kakinawenen kapimatisiwat nitawikiwak tipenimitisowinik mina tapita kiciinetakosiwin kaye tepaketakosiwin. Otayanawa mikawiwin kaye nipwakawin minawa tash ciishikanawapatiwapan acako minowiciwitiwinik.
Source (pointed text): http://anishinabemowin.21.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=34
Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason
and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Links
Introduction to Ojibwe
http://www.native-languages.org/chippewa.htm
Information about the Ojibwe language and orthography
http://www.languagegeek.com/algon/ojibway/anishinaabemowin.html
Ojibwe writing systems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojibwe_writing_systems
Ojibwe language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojibwe_language
Ojibwa people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojibwa
Related languages
Abenaki, Arapaho, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Cree, Delaware, Massachusett, Miami, Míkmaq, Montagnais, Naskapi, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Shawnee
Other languages written with the Latin alphabet
Syllabaries
Bamum, Blackfoot, Caroline Island Script, Carrier, Celtiberian, Cherokee, Cree, Cypriot, Eskayan, Hiragana, Iberian, Inuktitut, Katakana, Kpelle, Loma, Mende, Mwangwego, Ndjuká, Nüshu, Ojibwe, Vai, Yi
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