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40 entries from 1 learning deck · glosses are review-pending (no deck citation yet)

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ą
Navajo pronunciation

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Ogonek = nasalized vowel — tą́ means something different from tareview
á vs a
Navajo pronunciation

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Accent mark = high tone — tó (water) vs to (a different word entirely)review
ahéheeʼ
Navajo pronunciation

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Thank youreview
asdzáá
Navajo pronunciation

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Womanreview
ashdlaʼ
Navajo pronunciation

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Fivereview
ayóó
Navajo pronunciation

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Very / a lot / extremelyreview
bilagáana
Navajo pronunciation

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Anglo / white person — from Spanish 'Americano'review
bizaad
Navajo pronunciation

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Language / speech (Diné bizaad = the Navajo language)review
dį́į́ʼ
Navajo pronunciation

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Fourreview
Diné
Navajo pronunciation

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The People — how Navajo people refer to themselvesreview
doo … da
Navajo pronunciation

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Not … (negation — the negative wraps the predicate)review
doo hólǫ́ da
Navajo pronunciation

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There is not / it does not existreview
dziłíjiin
Navajo pronunciation

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Black Mountain (type of place name)review
háadi
Navajo pronunciation

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Wherereview
hágoóneeʼ
Navajo pronunciation

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Goodbye (informal)review
hastiin
Navajo pronunciation

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Man / Mr. (respected form of address)review
haʼátʼíí
Navajo pronunciation

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Whatreview
hólǫ́
Navajo pronunciation

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There is / it exists (existential)review
hózhó
Navajo pronunciation

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Beauty / harmony / balance — the central concept of Navajo philosophyreview
hózhóogo
Navajo pronunciation

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In a beautiful / harmonious way (adverbial form of hózhó)review
łi
Navajo pronunciation

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ł = voiceless lateral fricative, like Welsh 'll' — a key Navajo soundreview
naaki
Navajo pronunciation

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Tworeview
naashnish
Navajo pronunciation

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I am workingreview
nahasdzáán
Navajo pronunciation

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Earth / ground / the landreview
nihí
Navajo pronunciation

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We / us (first person plural)review
nizhóní
Navajo pronunciation

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Beautiful / it is good-lookingreview
shí
Navajo pronunciation

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I / me (first person singular)review
tááʼ
Navajo pronunciation

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Threereview
tłʼ
Navajo pronunciation

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Ejective lateral affricate — one of Navajo's most challenging soundsreview
tó
Navajo pronunciation

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Water — high tone on the ó is essentialreview
tsékooh
Navajo pronunciation

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Canyonreview
tʼáá
Navajo pronunciation

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Just / simply / right (emphatic particle)review
tʼááłáʼí
Navajo pronunciation

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Onereview
yádiłhił
Navajo pronunciation

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Sky / the blue abovereview
yáʼátʼééh
Navajo pronunciation

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Hello / It is good — the all-purpose greeting (yah-AH-tay)review
yáʼátʼééh abíní
Navajo pronunciation

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Good morningreview
yáʼátʼééh ałníʼníʼą́
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Good afternoonreview
yiníshta
Navajo pronunciation

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I am reading / I am studyingreview
yishááł
Navajo pronunciation

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I am walking (going on foot, away from speaker)review
ʼ
Navajo pronunciation

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The apostrophe marks a glottal stop — a real consonant in Navajoreview
Navajo – English dictionary · LinguaLexicon