Navajo
Sound Illustrated
Orthography
English
Notes
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1
ejective [kʼ] word initial
kʼad
now
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2
ejective [kʼ] word medial
akʼah
lard
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3
ejective [tʼ] word initial
tʼah
wait
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4
ejective [tʼ] word medial
átʼah
wait
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5
ejective [tlʼ] word initial
tlʼóóɬ
rope
standard Navajo orthography uses 'slashed l' for [ɬ]
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6
ejective [tlʼ] word medial
atlʼóh
is weaving (3rd person)
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7
ejective [tsʼ] word initial
tsʼah
sagebrush
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8
ejective [tsʼ] word medial
atsʼaʼ
shell
[ɑtsʼɔ], [ɑtsʼ ɒʼ]
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9
ejective [chʼ] word initial
chʼa̜ɬ
frog
/a̜/ is nasalized
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10
ejective [chʼ] word medial
achʼá̜h
hunger for meat
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11
ejective within a sentence
Shikékʼ ehgó díí saad kʼad beeádíní
Repeat this word 'now' after me.
literal gloss of frame sentence is 'after-me this word ________ say'
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12
Shikékʼ ehgó díí saad akʼah beeádíní
Repeat this word 'lard' after me.
(frame sentence for recording #6 is 'this word ________say')
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13
Shikékʼ ehgó díí saad tʼah beeádíní
Repeat this word 'wait' after me.
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14
Shikékʼ ehgó díí saad átʼah beeádíní
Repeat this word 'wait' after me.
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15
Shikékʼ ehgó díí saad tlʼóóɬ beeádíní
Repeat this word 'rope' after me.
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16
Shikékʼ ehgó díí saad atlʼóh beeádíní
Repeat this word 'weaving' after me.
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17
Shikékʼ ehgó díí saad tsʼah beeádíní
Repeat this word 'sagebrush' after me.
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18
Shikékʼ ehgó díí saad atsʼaʼ beeádíní
Repeat this word 'shell' after me.
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19
Shikékʼ ehgó díí saad chʼa̜ɬ beeádíní
Repeat this word 'frog' after me.
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20
Shikékʼ ehgó díí saad achʼá̜h beeádíní
Repeat this word 'hunger' after me.