PHONETICS 
ALPHABET 
The vowels and consonants employed in this work do not repre- 
sent every sound that occurs in the Chippewa language. Thus an 
obscure sound resembling / in the English alphabet sometimes occurs 
in the middle of a word and is not indicated. No attempt has been 
made to indicate a slight nasal sound that frequently occurs at the end 
of a word. Prolonged vowels are also not indicated. The following 
letters are used: 
V owels.—a, pronounced as in father; e, as in they; € as in met, @ 
as in marine; 7, as in mint; 0, as in note, w, as in rue; v, as in but; 
w,as in wan; y, asin yet. If two consecutive vowels are pronounced 
separately, two dots are placed above the second vowel. 
Diphthong.—ai pronounced as in aisle. 
Consonants —b, d, 7, k, m,n, p, 8, t, v, have the ordinary English 
sounds. s is always pronounced as in sense, g as in get, and z as in 
zine. e represents the sound of sh, 7 the sound of zh, fe the sound of 
te in watch, and dj the sound of j in judge. 
284 
