Ojibwa
Language and Communication
By: Tim C.
The Ojibwa language is only spoken. The short vowels are a, i, and o. The long vowels are aa, e, ii, and oo. Their consonants are the same as are consonants. Ojibwa shared the same language with two other tribes. The name of their language is Algonguian.
Ojibwa spoke Algonquin. The Algonquian language is a kind of Ojibwa language. Many tribes spoke Algonquian and Ojibwa is one of them. The Algonquian language group is great. It is easily understood. Algonquian is commonly spoke. They sang Algonquian chants. There are ways they used Algonquian.
Algonquian was used many ways and here are some ways. Girls had to learn how to build wigwams in Algonquian. Tar-shacks were made from young people and the old taught them. Ojibwa people communicate in ceremonies to communicate to the spiritual world in Algonquian. They communicated in Algonquian to get ready for war. Wampum meant communication among the Ojibwa and another tribe.
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