Algonquin (Anicinâbemowin)

Algonquin is an Algonquian language spoken in Quebec and Ontario in Canada by 1,800 people, according to the 2011 census. Algonquin is closely related to Ojibwe and is considered a divergent Ojibwe dialect by many people. It also closely related to Odawa, Oji-Cree and Abenaki.

Some speakers of Algonquin call themselves Anicinàbe ("original people") and their language Anicinâbemowin ("speech of the original people"). Other Algonquin communities call themselves Omàmiwininiwak ("down-stream men"), and their language Omàmiwininìmowin ("speech of the down-stream men").

Northern Algonquin alphabet and pronunciation

Note

In the southern Nipissing dialect (Anishinàbemiwin), ch is used for [ʧ] and sh for [ʃ]

Download an alphabet chart for Algonquin (Excel)

Corrections by Wolfram Siegel

Sample videos in Algonquin

Information about Algonquin | Numbers in Algonquin

Links

Information about Algonquin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_language
http://www.native-languages.org/algonquin.htm
http://www.languagegeek.com/algon/ojibway/anicinapemi8in.html

Online Algonquin dictionary
http://www.algonquinnation.ca/langculture.html

Recordings of Algonquian
http://www.hilaroad.com/camp/nation/speak.html

Algonquian languages

Abenaki, Algonquin, Arapaho, Atikamekw, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Cree (Moose), Cree (Plains), Cree (Swampy), Cree (Woods), Innu (Montagnais), Kickapoo, Malecite-Passamaquoddy, Fox, Loup, Massachusett (Wampanoag), Menominee, Miami, Míkmaq, Mohegan, Mohican, Munsee, Narragansett, Naskapi, Ojibwe, Oji-Cree, Ottawa, Penobscot, Powhatan, Potawatomi, Quiripi, Shawnee, Unami (Lenape)

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page last modified: 23.04.21

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