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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OJIBWE LANGUAGE

AMERIND 401
Course Description

Develop an upper intermediate level of the Ojibwe writing system and examine the associated morphology and syntactical verb structures. Develop literacy and an understanding of the unique verb-based sentence structures, and utilize conversational skills currently being used among Ojibwe speakers. Explore the relationships between the language, culture, and history of the Ojibwe people. Ojibwe is one of the five Indigenous aboriginal languages spoken in the state of Wisconsin and part of a larger Algonquian language family found only in North America. Taught primarily using the dialect of the eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin region. Ojibwe is considered to be a severely endangered language.

Prerequisties
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Credits

3

Offered

Every Other Fall

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