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This is a great informational book!,
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This review is from: Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe (Paperback)
As I am researching the Ojibwa peoples currently, I find myself pulling this book out 3-4 times a day, and it has not failed me yet. The vocabulary covered in this book is simply enormous, and if you're tired of looking at online dictionaries, pick up this book--well worth the cover price.My only complaint is that Ojibwe, being a 'verb-based' language rather than a noun-based like our own, is very hard to piece together in sentances. There is a tiny chapter at the beginning of this trying to explain it, but it doesn't do a very good job. Thus it's frustrating to look up one word and find 4 different spellings for it.
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Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe,
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This review is from: Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe (Paperback)
With its seven thousand entries, the Concise DMO should contain ample resource to remain a useful reference beyond the time a person would spend learning the basics of Ojibwemowin, the Chippewa language. An asset which it has provided me is its spelling which has a large enough recognition that I can muddle through a project with the dictionary to e-mail or to post an Ojibwe message and be understood even though I struggle with the phrases. The acceptance of the orthography which the DMO includes has a sufficient enough standing that one can use the salutatory words it provides within a search engine to find potential correspondents or forums to practice some informal writing in Ojibwe. For what the dictionary lacks in examples of usage, this book makes up for by its affordable price. Without breaking the bank, a student can purchase the DMO to accompany other grammatical references. The dog-eared appearance of my copy gives evidence of how useful it is to me. Little dust collects on this book in my shelves.
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Superb,
By Whimemsz - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe (Paperback)
John Nichols and Earl Nyholm are two of the top linguistic experts on the Ojibwe language, and this dictionary is a collaboration between the two of them. It contains many words for parts of modern life (bemisemagak, "airplane," wiisiniwigamig, "restaurant," odaabaan, "car"), but also a wealth of terms for traditional aspects of Ojibwe life (zibaaska'iganagooday, "jingle dress," bagida'waa, "fish with a net," wiigwaasi-makak, "birch-bark basket"). It may not have 100,000 words like large dictionaries of well-studied languages like English, but it does have over 7,000 (which, for a language like Ojibwe, which has only recieved a lot of serious scholarship relatively recently, is quite impressive). Which may not sound like a lot, but I've found that, whenever I need to look something up, it's almost certain to be in there. The first few pages offer a (very brief) sketch of the phonology and a quick overview of some aspects of the grammar, although only enough to be used as a starting point for more detailed study using other resources. The book does not purport to be a grammar, however, but merely a dictionary, and a "concise" one at that. For a "concise" dictionary to nearly always have the word I'm looking up (I've been using it for about a year now, and there are still only a few words I've tried looking up that I haven't found) is a fairly impressive feat, at least in my mind. I'd highly recommend it to anyone interested in the Ojibwe people or the language.
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Ojibwe Dictionary,
By Laura Redish - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe (Paperback)
Given the price, I was not expecting this dictionary to be as long or as detailed as it is. Both the English-Ojibwe and the Ojibwe-English sections have multiple examples and word forms for each entry. There are 7000 words included here. I've bought $75 dictionaries with less material than this. An excellent value. Includes a pronunciation guide and a basic grammatical overview.
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Excellent,
By Lenore Potter "Potts" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe (Paperback)
I realy liked this book, because I use it for my Ojibwe Language Class and I had one copy but I sent it to my nephew in Kansas
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