Sounds of Navajo

Here is an introduction to the sound system of Navajo.

Vowels

Inventory (Monophthongs)

	Front				Back
	Oral		Nasal		Oral		Nasal
High	ɪ	iː	ɪ̃	ĩː
Mid	e	eː	ẽ	ẽː	o	oː	õ	õː
Low					ɑ	ɑː	ɑ̃	ɑ̃ː

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Diphthongs

	Front	Back
	Vɪ̯	Vɪ̯	Vo̯
High		oɪ̯
Mid	eɪ̯
Low		ɑɪ̯	ɑo̯

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Consonants

Inventory

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal		Velarized	Velar	Glottal
				Coronal	Dorsal
Stop
Nasal
Fricative
Lateral
Rhotic
Approximant

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External Links

• http://www.sas.rochester.edu/lin/DeneSpeechAtlas/

References

- Dene Speech Atlas