Ojibwe (Anishinaabemowin)
· AnishinaabemowinEndangeredÁlgica · Región de los Grandes LagosWord Constructor
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Language structure
How this language works — its word order, morphology, sounds and writing. This reference also grounds the AI Word Constructor.
Word order
Flexible order; the verb is the core of the clause.
Morphology
Polysynthetic: the verb inflects for subject and object and for animacy (animate vs inanimate), using person prefixes, preverbs, medials and finals.
Sounds (phonology)
Vowel systems with length; an important animacy distinction in the lexicon.
Writing system
Syllabics (Cree) or double-vowel Latin orthography (Ojibwe).
Key features
- Animate vs inanimate grammatical gender.
- Obviation (a fourth person).
- Verb-centred clause.
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