Great Lakes Algonquian Syllabary - Ojibwa Use of The Syllabary

Ojibwa Use of The Syllabary

In his 1932 "Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians," Huron H. Smith records, "The Ojibwe have written their language for a longer time than any other Algonquin tribe and, while they employ a syllabary in corresponding with absent members of the tribe, it has little value to the ethnologist...." Smith then clarifies what he means by 'syllabary' and provides a syllabary table in the footnotes.