Code Breakers: Ojibwe Syllabics

By Nora Atlookan, Pauline Gagnon & Melinda Rody

Learn code while using directional language to create Ojibwe syllabics that spell a secret Ojibwe word!

How to Play

  • Start at the top left corner of the Ojibwe Syllabics chart.
  • Follow the code to get to the first syllabic.
  • Write down the syllabics and the English phonetics you land on.
  • The code continues from the last syllabics you landed on.

*Students can create their own codes to challenge each other.

Materials
Language in the Activity
  • Right – Aazhowi’I
  • Left – Apime’I
  • Up – Ishpimiing
  • Down – Niisi’I

Languages:

  1. bezhig
  2. Niizhin
  3. Nisso
  4. Niiwin
  5. Naanan
  6. Ngodaasso
  7. Niizhaasso
  8. Nishaasso
  9. Zhaangasso
  10. Midaasso
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