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Added orthography
Here is an introduction to the sound system of Navajo.
Here is an introduction to the phonemic sound system of Navajo, in the Navajo orthography and International Phonetic Alphabet (in backslashes).
==Vowels==
==Vowels==
===Inventory (Monophthongs)===
===Monophthongs===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border="1" cellpadding="3"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border="1" cellpadding="3"
! rowspan=2 |
! rowspan=2 |
|-
|-
!align="left"|High
!align="left"|High
|ɪ
|i /i/
|iː
|ii /iː/
|ɪ̃
|į /ɪ̃/
|ĩː
|įį /ĩː/
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|
|
|-
|-
! align="left" |Mid
! align="left" |Mid
|e
|e /e/
|eː
|e /eː/
|ẽ
|ę /ẽ/
|ẽː
|ęę /ẽː/
|o
|o /o/
|oː
|oo /oː/
| align="center" |õ
| align="center" |ǫ /õ/
|õː
|ǫǫ /õː/
|-
|-
! align="left" |Low
! align="left" |Low
|
|
|
|
|ɑ
|a /ɑ/
|ɑː
|aa /ɑː/
|ɑ̃
|ą /ɑ̃/
|ɑ̃ː
|ąą /ɑ̃ː/
|-
|-
|}
|}
! align="left" |High
! align="left" |High
|
|
| rowspan="2" align="center" |oɪ̯
| rowspan="2" align="center" |oi /ʊɪ̯/
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|-
|-
! align="left" |Mid
! align="left" |Mid
|eɪ̯
|ei /eɪ̯/
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|-
|-
! align="left" |Low
! align="left" |Low
|
|
|ɑɪ̯
|ai /ɑɪ̯/
|ɑo̯
|ao /ɑo̯/
|-
|-
|}
|}
|-
|-
! colspan="2" align="left" |Nasal
! colspan="2" align="left" |Nasal
|align="center"|m
|align="center"|m /m/
|align="center"|n
|align="center"|n /n/
|
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|
! rowspan="3" |Stop
! rowspan="3" |Stop
!Unaspirated
!Unaspirated
|p
|b /p/
|t
|d /t/
|tɬ
|dl /tɬ/
|ʦ
|dz /ʦ/
|ʧ
|j /ʧ/
|k
|g /k/
|
|
|ʔ
|ʼ /ʔ/
|-
|-
!Aspirated
!Aspirated
|
|
|tˣ
|t /tˣ/
|tɬʰ
|tł /tɬʰ/
|ʦʰ
|ts /ʦʰ/
|ʧʰ
|ch /ʧʰ/
|kˣ
|k /kˣ/
|kʷˣ
|kw /kʷˣ/
|
|
|-
|-
!Ejective
!Ejective
|
|
|tʼ
|tʼ /tʼ/
|tɬʰ
|tłʼ /tɬʼ/
|ʦʼ
|tsʼ /ʦʼ/
|ʧʼ
|chʼ /ʧʼ/
|kʼ
|kʼ /kʼ/
|
|
|
|
!Voiceless
!Voiceless
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|s
|s /s/
|ɬ
|ł /ɬ/
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |ʃ
| align="center" |sh /ʃ/
| align="center" |x
| align="center" |h, x /x/
|xʷ
|hw /xʷ/
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|-
|-
!Voiced
!Voiced
|
|
|z
|z /z/
| rowspan="2" |l
| rowspan="2" |l /l/
|
|
|ʒ
|zh /ʒ/
| rowspan="2" |ɣ
| rowspan="2" |gh /ɣ/
| rowspan="2" |ɣʷ
| rowspan="2" |w /ɣʷ/
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