Navajo Language

In this course, students will study the Navajo language, an Athabaskan language still widely used among the people of the Navajo Nation in the southwestern United States. Navajo is a tonal language, like Mandarin, and students will practice using rising and falling vowel sounds to communicate meaning. Learners will be exposed to Navajo vowel and consonant sounds, familial relationships, parts of the body, numbers, colors, textures, shapes, sizes, time, days of the week, seasons, months, clothing, food, money, directions, places, nature, plants and animals.