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 h 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: 



Vowels. — a, pronounced as in father; e, as in they; e as in met; i 

 as in marine; i, as in mint; o, as in note; u, as in rule; u, as in but; 

 w, as in wan; y, as in 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, f. k, m, n, p, s, t, v, have the ordinary English 

 sounds, s is always pronounced as in sense, g as in get, and z as in 

 sine, o represents the sound of sh, j the sound of zh, tc the sound of 

 tc in watch, and dj the sound of j in judge. 

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