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

		Bilabial	Alveolar			Palatal	Velar		Glottal
			Plain	Lateral	Affricate		Plain	Labialized
Nasal		m	n
Stop	Unaspirated	p	t	tɬ	ʦ	ʧ	k		ʔ
	Aspirated		tˣ	tɬʰ	ʦʰ	ʧʰ	kˣ	kʷˣ
	Ejective		tʼ	tɬʰ	ʦʼ	ʧʼ	kʼ
Fricative	Voiceless		s	ɬ		ʃ	x	xʷ
	Voiced		z	l		ʒ	ɣ	ɣʷ
Approximant						j

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External Links

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

References

- Dene Speech Atlas