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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Navajo on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Navajo in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Prefixes are mostly single consonants, C-, and do not carry tone. The one exception is the high-tone vocalic prefix /ʌ́n/-. [clarification needed] Most other tone-bearing units in the Navajo verb are second stems or clitics. All Navajo verbs can be analyzed as compounds, and this greatly simplifies the description of tone.
The word Navajo is an exonym: it comes from the Tewa word Navahu, which combines the roots nava ('field') and hu ('valley') to mean 'large field'. It was borrowed into Spanish to refer to an area of present-day northwestern New Mexico , and later into English for the Navajo tribe and their language. [ 5 ]
Schild en vriend: On 18 May 1302, the people of Bruges killed the French occupiers of the city during a nocturnal surprise attack. According to a famous legend, they stormed into the houses where they knew the tenants were forced to board and lodge French troops serving as city guards, roused every male person from his bed and forced him to repeat the challenge schild en vriend (shield and ...
American Indian English or Native American English is an umbrella term for various English dialects spoken by many American Indians and Alaska Natives from numerous tribes, [3] notwithstanding indigenous languages also spoken in the United States, of which only a few are in daily use.
On the northeast side of the reservation, the Navajo word for "snow" or "coffee" is different from the other side of the reservation — similar to using “pop” versus “soda” across the U.S.
dog ʔavi:-m rock-with ʔ-əta:v-k 1SG. SUBJ -hit-tense hatčoq ʔavi:-m ʔ-əta:v-k dog rock-with 1SG.SUBJ-hit-tense I hit the dog with a rock An utterance with a marked subject (note the form of the word order): Jim-č Jim- SUBJ havik sibling kʷikʷay cow θinʸaʔa:k female sukam-m sell- TNS Jim-č havik kʷikʷay θinʸaʔa:k sukam-m Jim-SUBJ sibling cow female sell-TNS Jim sold his ...
"Then you say ‘la’ like la-la-la-la-la," added Leela. “OK, let’s practice,” Washington said. Amara pointed stage left and said, “Everybody over here say comma!”