Vowel Sounds

letter	english sound	example word	translation
a	duck	anishinaabe	Odawa, Ojibwe, Potawotomi, etc.
aa	bobcat	aandeg	crow
i	pink	pin	potato
ii	beaver	giigooN	fish
o	football	niniwok	men
oo	open foosball	oodena boozhoo	town or village hello
e	bedlam	zhewe	there

nasalized sounds

letter	anishinaabe kidawinan	translation
aaN	yaaN	I, me
eN	baakaakweN	chicken
iiN	binoodjiiN	child
ooN	giigooN	fish

Consonants

In the anishinaabe language, sometimes some consonant sounds are difficult to distinguish, they may vary from region to region.
example: b and p
d and t
k and g