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Algonquin language is either a distinct language closely related to the Ojibwe language or a particularly divergent Ojibwe dialect.
It is spoken, alongside French and to some extent English, by the Algonquin First Nations of Quebec and Ontario.
Phonology[edit | edit source]
Vowels[edit | edit source]
Short | Long | |||
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Front | Back | Front | Back | |
High (close) | i | u | iː | uː |
Mid | e | o | eː | oː |
Low (open) | a | aː |
Consonants[edit | edit source]
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | plain | p | ⟨t⟩ t̻ | ⟨ṭ⟩ t̠̺ | k | ʔ | ||
aspirated | pʰ | ⟨tʰ⟩ t̻ʰ | ⟨ṭʰ⟩ t̠̺ʰ | kʰ | ||||
ejective | pʼ | ⟨tʼ⟩ t̻ʼ | ⟨ṭʼ⟩ t̠̺ʼ | kʼ | ||||
voiced | b | ⟨d⟩ d̺ | ||||||
Fricative | voiceless | s | ⟨ṣ⟩ ʃ | ⟨ł⟩ ɬ | h | |||
ejective | ⟨ƛʼ⟩ t͡ɬʼ | |||||||
Affricate | voiceless | ⟨c⟩ t͡s | ⟨č⟩ t͡ʃ | |||||
ejective | ⟨cʼ⟩ t͡sʼ | ⟨čʼ⟩ t͡ʃʼ | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||
Approximant | w | l (r) | j |
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