Correspondence To The Ojibwe Language
Due to the relatively recent diversion from the Ojibwe language, the Potawatomi language still exhibits strong correspondences to the Ojibwe language, and more specifically with the Odaawaa (Ottawa) dialect.
| Fiero Double Vowel System |
Rhodes Double Vowel System |
Potawatomi System |
IPA Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| a (unstressed) | ∅ | ||
| a (stressed) | a (stressed) | e | ə |
| aa | aa | a | a~ʌ |
| b | b | b | b |
| ch | ch | ch | tʃ |
| d | d | d | d |
| e (unstressed) | e (unstressed) | e | ə |
| e (stressed) | e (stressed) | é | ɛ |
| g | g | g | ɡ |
| h | h | h | h |
| ' | h | ' | ʔ |
| i (unstressed) | ∅ | ||
| i (stressed) | i (stressed) | e | ə |
| ii | ii | i | ɪ |
| j | j | j | dʒ |
| k | k | k/ch | k~tʃ |
| m | m | m | m |
| mb | mb | mb | mb |
| (not from PA *n) n/ |
n/ |
n/y | n~j |
| (from PA *n) n |
n | n | n |
| nd | nd | nd | nd |
| ng | ng | ng | ŋɡ |
| nj | nj | nj | ndʒ |
| ns | ns | s | s |
| nz | nz | z | z |
| ny/-nh | ny/-nh | ∅ | |
| nzh | nzh | zh | ʒ |
| o (unstressed) | ∅~w~o~ʊ~ə | ||
| o (stressed) | o (stressed) | o | o~ʊ |
| oo | oo | o | o |
| p | p | p | p |
| s | s | s | s |
| sh | sh | sh | ʃ |
| shk | shk | shk | ʃk |
| shp | shp | shp | ʃp |
| sht | sht | sht | ʃt |
| sk | sk | sk | sk |
| t | t | t | t |
| w | w/ |
w/ |
w~∅ |
| wa (unstressed) | wa (unstressed)/o | w/o | w~o~ʊ |
| waa (unstressed) | waa (unstressed)/oo | wa/o | wa~o~ʊ |
| wi (unstressed) | wi (unstressed)/o | w/o | w~o~ʊ |
| y | y | y (initial glide) | j |
| y (medial glide) | j | ||
| z | z | z | z |
| zh | zh | zh | ʒ |
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