Here is an introduction to the phonemic sound system of Navajo, in the Navajo orthography and International Phonetic Alphabet (in backslashes).

Vowels

Monophthongs

	Front				Back
	Oral		Nasal		Oral		Nasal
High	i /i/	ii /iː/	į /ɪ̃/	įį /ĩː/
Mid	e /e/	e /eː/	ę /ẽ/	ęę /ẽː/	o /o/	oo /oː/	ǫ /õ/	ǫǫ /õː/
Low					a /ɑ/	aa /ɑː/	ą /ɑ̃/	ąą /ɑ̃ː/

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Diphthongs

	Front	Back
	Vɪ̯	Vɪ̯	Vo̯
High		oi /ʊɪ̯/
Mid	ei /eɪ̯/
Low		ai /ɑɪ̯/	ao /ɑo̯/

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Consonants

Inventory

		Bilabial	Alveolar			Palatal	Velar		Glottal
			Plain	Lateral	Affricate		Plain	Labialized
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/
Stop	Unaspirated	b /p/	d /t/	dl /tɬ/	dz /ʦ/	j /ʧ/	g /k/		ʼ /ʔ/
	Aspirated		t /tˣ/	tł /tɬʰ/	ts /ʦʰ/	ch /ʧʰ/	k /kˣ/	kw /kʷˣ/
	Ejective		tʼ /tʼ/	tłʼ /tɬʼ/	tsʼ /ʦʼ/	chʼ /ʧʼ/	kʼ /kʼ/
Fricative	Voiceless		s /s/	ł /ɬ/		sh /ʃ/	h, x /x/	hw /xʷ/
	Voiced		z /z/	l /l/		zh /ʒ/	gh /ɣ/	w /ɣʷ/
Approximant						y /j/

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External Links

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

References

- Dene Speech Atlas