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How to Start Conversations in the Navajo Language
When people want to learn conversational Navajo, they always want to learn how to say, "How are you doing?" There are ways to say this, namely:
Hait'áo naniná?
Haa lá ánít'é?
You can ask these but they're not usually conversation starters. These are used if you know the person is not emotionally doing well or physically sick or something.
A better way to begin a conversation is to use the starter, "A̜a̜'." This phrase literally means "open up," but can also mean like, "tell me about it." It can be used alone in the right scenario or used in combination with starter questions:
A̜a̜' ha'íí baa naniná?
What are you doing?
A̜a̜' ha'íí baa nídinídzá?
What will you be doing?
A̜a̜' ha'íí baa nisíníyá?
What were you doing?
A̜a̜' háágóó díníya?
Where are you going?
A̜a̜' háágóó nisíníyá?
W...
published: 13 Apr 2013
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About the Navajo language
Today we are travelling to the wild west, to the borderless lands of North America. We’re going to explore the language of the people who lived here long before Europeans arrived – Navajo, a language of incredible beauty and complexity.
Link to my Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/julingo
Music used:
Magic Rhythm by Farrell Wooten
It's an Adventure by Riverworn
Videos used:
Navajo President speaks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBwwTj-PEQ&t;=120s
Louva Dahozy - Navajo Broadcaster - Living History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsOCb3ON7yA&t;=132s
Radmilla Cody - A Beautiful Dawn Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xny8znDmPUY
TEDxPhoenix 2010 Jolyana Bitsui - What it means to be a Navajo woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0gCGpCtY7s&t;=76s
#nativeamerican #linguistic...
published: 20 Jan 2021
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Complexeties of The Navajo Language
Navajo Historian Wally Brown Teaches a little about the Navajo Language.
published: 08 Oct 2018
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Weather Report in the Navajo Language
This Weather Report was given by Paul Jones, and is aired throughout the day on KTNN AM 660. This particular report was given on February 17, 2009 at 7:30 AM in the morning. This video is meant to provide a sample of the Navajo language, and also to provide context for weather terms such as clouds, temperature, rain, snow, wind, etc. The english translation provided is a broad translation, since Navajo is such a detailed language that more is said than is translated into English.
This video also gives the Navajo names to various places in the Navajo Reservation. Numbers & percentage terms are also used.
KTNN is a radio station that broadcasts onto the Navajo Indian Reservation, on the AM 660 dial. It can also be heard on the internet at http://www.ktnnonline.com .The languages spoken...
published: 26 Apr 2009
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Navajo Language in Bashas Grocery Store
published: 24 Jan 2020
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Navajo Language 101 W/ Navajo Man
Some basic navajo language for those who want to learn Dine' (Navajo) LET'S LEARN TOGETHER!
published: 26 Apr 2020
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Navajo Code Talkers | Short Documentary | EXPLORE MODE
Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?
Code talkers were people recruited by the military during wartime to encrypt messages using a little-known language. The term is usually used in reference to Native American code talkers, who served in both the second and first World War transmitting tactical messages using an encoded version of their Native tongue.
During the Second World War, Navajo Code Talkers developed an unbreakable code, one that German and Japanese forces were never able to figure out.
01:00 What are Code Talkers?
02:01 The Origin of Navajo Code Talkers
02:46 Recruiting Navajo Code Talkers
03:24 How Navajo Code worked
04:53 How the Navajo Code Talkers helped during WWII
06:44 Navajo Code Talkers today
Music:
Decisions, Infados, Exciting trailer, Wholesome, and Leaving Home by...
published: 02 Aug 2019
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How "Finding Nemo" may help keep Navajo language alive
The language of the Navajo tribe helped win World War II. Now, some 70 years later, a movie studio is part of an effort to keep the Navajo language alive - enlisting the help of a friendly little fish. Jim Axelrod reports.
published: 19 Jul 2015
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Rosetta Stone® Navajo: Learn to Speak Navajo
Rosetta Stone teamed up with the Navajo Language Renaissance and after two years of work, Rosetta Stone is proud to announce the release Rosetta Stone Navajo. Thanks to the Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program and dozens of individuals who contributed their time, labor, and knowledge, we can help preserve endangered languages.
Rosetta Stone Navajo - http://navajorenaissance.org/rStone.html
http://www.rosettastone.com
http://www.facebook.com/RosettaStone
http://twitter.com/rosettastone
http://blog.rosettastone.com
published: 11 Jan 2011
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How to Name Animals in the Navajo Language
ather than doing each of these animals as individual words of the day, I figured I'd speed up the process and cover a lot of animals all at once. So this is how you name some of the most common animals on the Navajo reservation. The words range from birds to insects to reptiles, and to mammals.
Here is the listing of animals included in this video:
Atsá (Eagle)
Atseełtsooí (Red-tailed Hawk)
Ayání (Bison or American Buffalo)
Béégashii (Cow)
Bį̨įh (Deer)
Chaa' (Beaver)
Ch'ał (Frog or Toad)
Ch'ééh Digháhii (Turtle or Desert Tortoise)
Dahsání (Porcupine)
Deenásts'aa' (Ram)
Dibé (Sheep)
Dlǫ́ǫ́' (Prairie Dog)
Dloziłgaii (Squirrel)
Dólii (Bluebird)
Dóola (Bull)
Dzééh (Elk)
Gáagii (Crow or Raven)
Gah or Gałbáhí (Cottontail Rabbit)
Gólízhii (Skunk)
Haazéísts'ósí (Chipmunk...
published: 18 Jan 2012
5:36
How to Start Conversations in the Navajo Language
When people want to learn conversational Navajo, they always want to learn how to say, "How are you doing?" There are ways to say this, namely:
Hait'áo naniná?...
When people want to learn conversational Navajo, they always want to learn how to say, "How are you doing?" There are ways to say this, namely:
Hait'áo naniná?
Haa lá ánít'é?
You can ask these but they're not usually conversation starters. These are used if you know the person is not emotionally doing well or physically sick or something.
A better way to begin a conversation is to use the starter, "A̜a̜'." This phrase literally means "open up," but can also mean like, "tell me about it." It can be used alone in the right scenario or used in combination with starter questions:
A̜a̜' ha'íí baa naniná?
What are you doing?
A̜a̜' ha'íí baa nídinídzá?
What will you be doing?
A̜a̜' ha'íí baa nisíníyá?
What were you doing?
A̜a̜' háágóó díníya?
Where are you going?
A̜a̜' háágóó nisíníyá?
Where did you go?
A̜a̜' háádé̜é̜'?
Where are you from?
A̜a̜' háádé̜é̜'ísh yínááł?
Where you coming from?
A̜a̜' ha'íí baa dahane'?
What's the news?
A̜a̜' ha'íí daha'ní?
What's the gossip?
A̜a̜' ha'íí hodoo'niid?
What was said?
A̜a̜' ha'íí?
What's up?
All of these can be used without the starter a̜a̜' but sounds more polite when used with it. Any questions... ask! :-)
https://wn.com/How_To_Start_Conversations_In_The_Navajo_Language
When people want to learn conversational Navajo, they always want to learn how to say, "How are you doing?" There are ways to say this, namely:
Hait'áo naniná?
Haa lá ánít'é?
You can ask these but they're not usually conversation starters. These are used if you know the person is not emotionally doing well or physically sick or something.
A better way to begin a conversation is to use the starter, "A̜a̜'." This phrase literally means "open up," but can also mean like, "tell me about it." It can be used alone in the right scenario or used in combination with starter questions:
A̜a̜' ha'íí baa naniná?
What are you doing?
A̜a̜' ha'íí baa nídinídzá?
What will you be doing?
A̜a̜' ha'íí baa nisíníyá?
What were you doing?
A̜a̜' háágóó díníya?
Where are you going?
A̜a̜' háágóó nisíníyá?
Where did you go?
A̜a̜' háádé̜é̜'?
Where are you from?
A̜a̜' háádé̜é̜'ísh yínááł?
Where you coming from?
A̜a̜' ha'íí baa dahane'?
What's the news?
A̜a̜' ha'íí daha'ní?
What's the gossip?
A̜a̜' ha'íí hodoo'niid?
What was said?
A̜a̜' ha'íí?
What's up?
All of these can be used without the starter a̜a̜' but sounds more polite when used with it. Any questions... ask! :-)
- published: 13 Apr 2013
- views: 249048
12:08
About the Navajo language
Today we are travelling to the wild west, to the borderless lands of North America. We’re going to explore the language of the people who lived here long before...
Today we are travelling to the wild west, to the borderless lands of North America. We’re going to explore the language of the people who lived here long before Europeans arrived – Navajo, a language of incredible beauty and complexity.
Link to my Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/julingo
Music used:
Magic Rhythm by Farrell Wooten
It's an Adventure by Riverworn
Videos used:
Navajo President speaks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBwwTj-PEQ&t;=120s
Louva Dahozy - Navajo Broadcaster - Living History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsOCb3ON7yA&t;=132s
Radmilla Cody - A Beautiful Dawn Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xny8znDmPUY
TEDxPhoenix 2010 Jolyana Bitsui - What it means to be a Navajo woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0gCGpCtY7s&t;=76s
#nativeamerican #linguistics #nadene
https://wn.com/About_The_Navajo_Language
Today we are travelling to the wild west, to the borderless lands of North America. We’re going to explore the language of the people who lived here long before Europeans arrived – Navajo, a language of incredible beauty and complexity.
Link to my Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/julingo
Music used:
Magic Rhythm by Farrell Wooten
It's an Adventure by Riverworn
Videos used:
Navajo President speaks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBwwTj-PEQ&t;=120s
Louva Dahozy - Navajo Broadcaster - Living History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsOCb3ON7yA&t;=132s
Radmilla Cody - A Beautiful Dawn Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xny8znDmPUY
TEDxPhoenix 2010 Jolyana Bitsui - What it means to be a Navajo woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0gCGpCtY7s&t;=76s
#nativeamerican #linguistics #nadene
- published: 20 Jan 2021
- views: 85167
6:36
Complexeties of The Navajo Language
Navajo Historian Wally Brown Teaches a little about the Navajo Language.
Navajo Historian Wally Brown Teaches a little about the Navajo Language.
https://wn.com/Complexeties_Of_The_Navajo_Language
Navajo Historian Wally Brown Teaches a little about the Navajo Language.
- published: 08 Oct 2018
- views: 42612
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Weather Report in the Navajo Language
This Weather Report was given by Paul Jones, and is aired throughout the day on KTNN AM 660. This particular report was given on February 17, 2009 at 7:30 AM in...
This Weather Report was given by Paul Jones, and is aired throughout the day on KTNN AM 660. This particular report was given on February 17, 2009 at 7:30 AM in the morning. This video is meant to provide a sample of the Navajo language, and also to provide context for weather terms such as clouds, temperature, rain, snow, wind, etc. The english translation provided is a broad translation, since Navajo is such a detailed language that more is said than is translated into English.
This video also gives the Navajo names to various places in the Navajo Reservation. Numbers & percentage terms are also used.
KTNN is a radio station that broadcasts onto the Navajo Indian Reservation, on the AM 660 dial. It can also be heard on the internet at http://www.ktnnonline.com .The languages spoken are Navajo & English.
https://wn.com/Weather_Report_In_The_Navajo_Language
This Weather Report was given by Paul Jones, and is aired throughout the day on KTNN AM 660. This particular report was given on February 17, 2009 at 7:30 AM in the morning. This video is meant to provide a sample of the Navajo language, and also to provide context for weather terms such as clouds, temperature, rain, snow, wind, etc. The english translation provided is a broad translation, since Navajo is such a detailed language that more is said than is translated into English.
This video also gives the Navajo names to various places in the Navajo Reservation. Numbers & percentage terms are also used.
KTNN is a radio station that broadcasts onto the Navajo Indian Reservation, on the AM 660 dial. It can also be heard on the internet at http://www.ktnnonline.com .The languages spoken are Navajo & English.
- published: 26 Apr 2009
- views: 328110
7:43
Navajo Language 101 W/ Navajo Man
Some basic navajo language for those who want to learn Dine' (Navajo) LET'S LEARN TOGETHER!
Some basic navajo language for those who want to learn Dine' (Navajo) LET'S LEARN TOGETHER!
https://wn.com/Navajo_Language_101_W_Navajo_Man
Some basic navajo language for those who want to learn Dine' (Navajo) LET'S LEARN TOGETHER!
- published: 26 Apr 2020
- views: 9390
7:59
Navajo Code Talkers | Short Documentary | EXPLORE MODE
Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?
Code talkers were people recruited by the military during wartime to encrypt messages using a little-known language. The ter...
Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?
Code talkers were people recruited by the military during wartime to encrypt messages using a little-known language. The term is usually used in reference to Native American code talkers, who served in both the second and first World War transmitting tactical messages using an encoded version of their Native tongue.
During the Second World War, Navajo Code Talkers developed an unbreakable code, one that German and Japanese forces were never able to figure out.
01:00 What are Code Talkers?
02:01 The Origin of Navajo Code Talkers
02:46 Recruiting Navajo Code Talkers
03:24 How Navajo Code worked
04:53 How the Navajo Code Talkers helped during WWII
06:44 Navajo Code Talkers today
Music:
Decisions, Infados, Exciting trailer, Wholesome, and Leaving Home by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sources:
https://americanindian.si.edu/education/codetalkers/html/chapter4.html
https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2008-featured-story-archive/navajo-code-talkers/
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/navajocodetalk.htm
https://www.doi.gov/blog/honoring-native-american-code-talkers
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/american-indian-code-talkers
http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/articles/navcode.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-106publ554/pdf/PLAW-106publ554.pdf
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/07/20010726-5.html
Produced by Sofia K.
Edited by Amanda Lee
Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.
Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
Navajo Code Talkers | Short Documentary | EXPLORE MODE
https://wn.com/Navajo_Code_Talkers_|_Short_Documentary_|_Explore_Mode
Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?
Code talkers were people recruited by the military during wartime to encrypt messages using a little-known language. The term is usually used in reference to Native American code talkers, who served in both the second and first World War transmitting tactical messages using an encoded version of their Native tongue.
During the Second World War, Navajo Code Talkers developed an unbreakable code, one that German and Japanese forces were never able to figure out.
01:00 What are Code Talkers?
02:01 The Origin of Navajo Code Talkers
02:46 Recruiting Navajo Code Talkers
03:24 How Navajo Code worked
04:53 How the Navajo Code Talkers helped during WWII
06:44 Navajo Code Talkers today
Music:
Decisions, Infados, Exciting trailer, Wholesome, and Leaving Home by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sources:
https://americanindian.si.edu/education/codetalkers/html/chapter4.html
https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2008-featured-story-archive/navajo-code-talkers/
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/navajocodetalk.htm
https://www.doi.gov/blog/honoring-native-american-code-talkers
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/american-indian-code-talkers
http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/articles/navcode.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-106publ554/pdf/PLAW-106publ554.pdf
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2001/07/20010726-5.html
Produced by Sofia K.
Edited by Amanda Lee
Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research.
Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
Navajo Code Talkers | Short Documentary | EXPLORE MODE
- published: 02 Aug 2019
- views: 93149
2:43
How "Finding Nemo" may help keep Navajo language alive
The language of the Navajo tribe helped win World War II. Now, some 70 years later, a movie studio is part of an effort to keep the Navajo language alive - enli...
The language of the Navajo tribe helped win World War II. Now, some 70 years later, a movie studio is part of an effort to keep the Navajo language alive - enlisting the help of a friendly little fish. Jim Axelrod reports.
https://wn.com/How_Finding_Nemo_May_Help_Keep_Navajo_Language_Alive
The language of the Navajo tribe helped win World War II. Now, some 70 years later, a movie studio is part of an effort to keep the Navajo language alive - enlisting the help of a friendly little fish. Jim Axelrod reports.
- published: 19 Jul 2015
- views: 117031
6:32
Rosetta Stone® Navajo: Learn to Speak Navajo
Rosetta Stone teamed up with the Navajo Language Renaissance and after two years of work, Rosetta Stone is proud to announce the release Rosetta Stone Navajo. T...
Rosetta Stone teamed up with the Navajo Language Renaissance and after two years of work, Rosetta Stone is proud to announce the release Rosetta Stone Navajo. Thanks to the Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program and dozens of individuals who contributed their time, labor, and knowledge, we can help preserve endangered languages.
Rosetta Stone Navajo - http://navajorenaissance.org/rStone.html
http://www.rosettastone.com
http://www.facebook.com/RosettaStone
http://twitter.com/rosettastone
http://blog.rosettastone.com
https://wn.com/Rosetta_Stone®_Navajo_Learn_To_Speak_Navajo
Rosetta Stone teamed up with the Navajo Language Renaissance and after two years of work, Rosetta Stone is proud to announce the release Rosetta Stone Navajo. Thanks to the Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program and dozens of individuals who contributed their time, labor, and knowledge, we can help preserve endangered languages.
Rosetta Stone Navajo - http://navajorenaissance.org/rStone.html
http://www.rosettastone.com
http://www.facebook.com/RosettaStone
http://twitter.com/rosettastone
http://blog.rosettastone.com
- published: 11 Jan 2011
- views: 83922
8:40
How to Name Animals in the Navajo Language
ather than doing each of these animals as individual words of the day, I figured I'd speed up the process and cover a lot of animals all at once. So this is how...
ather than doing each of these animals as individual words of the day, I figured I'd speed up the process and cover a lot of animals all at once. So this is how you name some of the most common animals on the Navajo reservation. The words range from birds to insects to reptiles, and to mammals.
Here is the listing of animals included in this video:
Atsá (Eagle)
Atseełtsooí (Red-tailed Hawk)
Ayání (Bison or American Buffalo)
Béégashii (Cow)
Bį̨įh (Deer)
Chaa' (Beaver)
Ch'ał (Frog or Toad)
Ch'ééh Digháhii (Turtle or Desert Tortoise)
Dahsání (Porcupine)
Deenásts'aa' (Ram)
Dibé (Sheep)
Dlǫ́ǫ́' (Prairie Dog)
Dloziłgaii (Squirrel)
Dólii (Bluebird)
Dóola (Bull)
Dzééh (Elk)
Gáagii (Crow or Raven)
Gah or Gałbáhí (Cottontail Rabbit)
Gólízhii (Skunk)
Haazéísts'ósí (Chipmunk)
Iich'ąhii (Moth)
Jaa'abaní (Bat)
Jádí (Antelope)
K'aalógii (Butterfly)
Jeeshóó' (Turkey Buzzard)
Łéécha̜a̜'í (Dog)
Łí̜í̜' (Horse)
Łóó' (Fish)
Ma'ii (Coyote)
Ma'iitsoh (Wolf)
Mósí (Cat)
Naal'eełí (Duck)
Na'ahóóhai (Chicken)
Na'ashó̜'ii or Tł'íísh (Snake)
Na'ashó̜'ii Ánínígíí (Rattlesnake)
Naatsédlózii (Roadrunner)
Nahashch'id (Badger)
Náshdóí or Náshdóíłbáhí (Bobcat)
Náshdóítsoh (Cougar or Mountain Lion)
Na'ashjé'ii (Spider)
Na'ashǫ́'ii Dich'ízhii (Horned Toad)
Na'ashǫ́'ii Łibáhí(Lizard)
Na'ats'ǫǫsí (Mouse)
Nahachagii (Grasshopper)
Né'éshjaa' (Owl)
Séígo' (Scorpion)
Shash (Bear)
Tába̜a̜h Ma'ii (Raccoon)
Tązhii (Turkey)
Télii (Donkey)
Tiníléí (Gila Monster)
Tł'ízí (Goat)
Tsétah Dibé (Bighorn Sheep)
Tsé'edó̜'ii (Fly)
Tsísná (Bumble Bee)
Ts'í'ii (Mosquito)
Tsídii (Bird)
Wóláchíí' (Red Ant)
Enjoy!
https://wn.com/How_To_Name_Animals_In_The_Navajo_Language
ather than doing each of these animals as individual words of the day, I figured I'd speed up the process and cover a lot of animals all at once. So this is how you name some of the most common animals on the Navajo reservation. The words range from birds to insects to reptiles, and to mammals.
Here is the listing of animals included in this video:
Atsá (Eagle)
Atseełtsooí (Red-tailed Hawk)
Ayání (Bison or American Buffalo)
Béégashii (Cow)
Bį̨įh (Deer)
Chaa' (Beaver)
Ch'ał (Frog or Toad)
Ch'ééh Digháhii (Turtle or Desert Tortoise)
Dahsání (Porcupine)
Deenásts'aa' (Ram)
Dibé (Sheep)
Dlǫ́ǫ́' (Prairie Dog)
Dloziłgaii (Squirrel)
Dólii (Bluebird)
Dóola (Bull)
Dzééh (Elk)
Gáagii (Crow or Raven)
Gah or Gałbáhí (Cottontail Rabbit)
Gólízhii (Skunk)
Haazéísts'ósí (Chipmunk)
Iich'ąhii (Moth)
Jaa'abaní (Bat)
Jádí (Antelope)
K'aalógii (Butterfly)
Jeeshóó' (Turkey Buzzard)
Łéécha̜a̜'í (Dog)
Łí̜í̜' (Horse)
Łóó' (Fish)
Ma'ii (Coyote)
Ma'iitsoh (Wolf)
Mósí (Cat)
Naal'eełí (Duck)
Na'ahóóhai (Chicken)
Na'ashó̜'ii or Tł'íísh (Snake)
Na'ashó̜'ii Ánínígíí (Rattlesnake)
Naatsédlózii (Roadrunner)
Nahashch'id (Badger)
Náshdóí or Náshdóíłbáhí (Bobcat)
Náshdóítsoh (Cougar or Mountain Lion)
Na'ashjé'ii (Spider)
Na'ashǫ́'ii Dich'ízhii (Horned Toad)
Na'ashǫ́'ii Łibáhí(Lizard)
Na'ats'ǫǫsí (Mouse)
Nahachagii (Grasshopper)
Né'éshjaa' (Owl)
Séígo' (Scorpion)
Shash (Bear)
Tába̜a̜h Ma'ii (Raccoon)
Tązhii (Turkey)
Télii (Donkey)
Tiníléí (Gila Monster)
Tł'ízí (Goat)
Tsétah Dibé (Bighorn Sheep)
Tsé'edó̜'ii (Fly)
Tsísná (Bumble Bee)
Ts'í'ii (Mosquito)
Tsídii (Bird)
Wóláchíí' (Red Ant)
Enjoy!
- published: 18 Jan 2012
- views: 81409