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  • Members: 1279
  • Category: Native American
  • Founded: Jul 8, 2002
  • Language: English
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4 OJIBWE WORDS OF THE DAY
bizaan - be quiet, gidoombiigiz - you're noisy, ahaw - ok, mii gwech - thanks
Boozhoo. We are here to learn, teach, and speak the Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Chippewa, Chippeway, Anishinaabe language.

Ojibwemowin Zagaswe'idiwin (Ojibwe Language Society) is dedicated to the revitalization and preservation of the Ojibwe language.

Our Language group here has a long history. It was originally created by the members of the Int'l Falls chapter of the Ojibwe Language Society on April 25th 2001.

Everyone interested in the Ojibwe Language is welcome.

OLSM NEWS Visit a live language table @ Lac Courte Oreilles Mondays 5-7 p.m. at the LCO Tribal College and @ The Fond du Lac Tribal Community Center Tuesdays from 5-8pm.


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THE REVITALIZATION OF THE NISHNAABEMWIN LANGUAGE PROJECT

Click Here for the Ojibwe Language Dictionary

by Guy Gambill and weshki

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Re: Plural forms
Not quite true in Anishinaabemowin. Yes, in that Anishinaabemowin have * "n == 1" (singular) and "n == ~1" (plural), but also * "n' == 1" (singular) and "n' ==
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Plural forms
Hi, I'm looking for an authoritative description of the plural forms present in Ojibwe for a computer-aided translation tool. As far as I know, the plural
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Re: KIJIKISAWKWE and Kodje
Miigwech niibowa. I had a feeling that Kijikisawkwe had something to do with woman. I also was curious if perhaps the beginning might have actually been
Posted - Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:08 pm
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Re: KIJIKISAWKWE and Kodje
Perhaps: * KIJIKISAWKWE ==> Gijigisaakwe: The Jagged Woman ** gijigi= (pv4) == jagged- ** =saa (vii)(final) == be XX ** =kwe (na)(final) == woman or perhaps: *
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Re: looking for ojibewa word translation dictionary or books!
FYI, Weshki-ayaad have moved her page contents to: http://weshki.atwebpages.com/index.html QbD
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