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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. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing
consensus on the
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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Navajo
The charts below show the way in which the
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents
Navajo language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see
Template:IPA and
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters .
See
Navajo phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Navajo.
Oral
vowels
IPA
Orthography
English approximation
a
˩
a
somewhat like bra with
low tone
a
˥
á
somewhat like bra with
high tone
a
ː
˩
aa
long "a" in bra with low tone
a
ː
˥
áá
long "a" in bra with high tone
e
˩
e
me t with low tone
e
˥
é
me t with high tone
e
ː
˩
ee
long "e" in me t with low tone
e
ː
˥
éé
long "e" in me t with high tone
i
˩
i
[5]
see t with low tone
i
˥
í
see t with high tone
i
ː
˩
ii
long "ee" in see with low tone
i
ː
˥
íí
long "ee" in see with high tone
o
˩
o
somewhat like go
[6] with low tone
o
˥
ó
somewhat like go with high tone
o
ː
˩
oo
long "o" with low tone
o
ː
˥
óó
long "o" with high tone
Nasal vowels
IPA
Orthography
English approximation
ã
˩
ą
nasal "a" for bra with
low tone
ã
˥
ą́
nasal "a" for bra with
high tone
ã
ː
˩
ąą
long nasal "a" for bra with low tone
ã
ː
˥
ą́ą́
long nasal "a" for bra with high tone
ẽ
˩
ę
nasal "e" for me t with low tone
ẽ
˥
ę́
nasal "e" for me t with high tone
ẽ
ː
˩
ęę
long nasal "e" for me t with low tone
ẽ
ː
˥
ę́ę́
long nasal "e" for me t with high tone
ĩ
˩
į
nasal "ee" for see with low tone
ĩ
˥
į́
nasal "ee" for see with high tone
ĩ
ː
˩
įį
long nasal "ee" for see with low tone
ĩ
ː
˥
į́į́
long nasal "ee" for see with high tone
õ
˩
ǫ
nasal "oa" for coa t with low tone
õ
˥
ǫ́
nasal "oa" for coa t with high tone
õ
ː
˩
ǫǫ
long nasal "oa" for coa t with low tone
õ
ː
˥
ǫ́ǫ́
long nasal "oa" for coa t with high tone
^ "Native Languages" website
^ "Native Languages" website
^ "Native Languages" website
^ "Native Languages" says it can be realized also as the raspy
x , somewhat like the "h" in h e.
^ "Native Languages" says it can be realized also as the "i" in si t (
ɪ .
^ The Navajo /o/ is identical to no English vowel, but the nearest equivalents are the vowel of coa t (for most English dialects) and the vowel of saw .
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