Chippewa (Ojibwemowin)

Chippewa is an Algonquian language spoken by some 7,000 people in northern Michigan and North Dakota in the USA. It is part of the Ojibwe dialect continuum and also known as Southwestern Ojibwa, Ojibwe, Ojibway, or Ojibwemowin. It is most closely related to Potawatomi.

The majority of native speakers of Chippewa, who number about 720, are elderly, however there are increasing numbers of people who speak it as a second language, around 6,370, thanks to efforts the Chippewa communities have made since the 1970s.

Chippewa alphabet
A a	Aa aa	B b	Ch ch	D d	E e	F f	G g	H h
a	aa	bii	chii	dii	ee	af	gii	ech
[ʌ]	[aː]	[biː]	[ʧʰiː]	[diː]	[eː]	[ʌf]	[giː]	[eːʧʰ]
I i	Ii ii	J j	K k	L l	M m	N n	O o	Oo oo
i	ii	je	kaa	al	am	an	o	oo
[ɪ]	[iː]	[ʤeː]	[kʰaː]	[ʌl]	[ʌm]	[ʌn]	[ʊ]	[oː]
P p	R r	S s	Sh sh	T t	W w	Y y	Z z	Zh zh
pii	ar	as	shii	tii	we	yaa	ze	zhii
[pʰiː]	[ʌr]	[ʌs]	[ʃiː]	[tʰiː]	[weː]	[jaː]	[zeː]	[ʒiː]