Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Navajo
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Navajo language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
See Navajo phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Navajo.
| Oral vowelsIPA | Orthography | English approximation |
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a˩ | a | somewhat like bra with low tone | a˥ | á | somewhat like bra with high tone | aː˩ | aa | long "a" in bra with low tone | aː˥ | áá | long "a" in bra with high tone | e˩ | e | met with low tone | e˥ | é | met with high tone | eː˩ | ee | long "e" in met with low tone | eː˥ | éé | long "e" in met with high tone | i˩ | i[5] | seet with low tone | i˥ | í | seet with high tone | iː˩ | ii | long "ee" in see with low tone | iː˥ | íí | long "ee" in see with high tone | o˩ | o | somewhat like go[6] with low tone | o˥ | ó | somewhat like go with high tone | oː˩ | oo | long "o" with low tone | oː˥ | óó | long "o" with high tone | | Nasal vowelsIPA | Orthography | English approximation |
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ã˩ | ą | nasal "a" for bra with low tone | ã˥ | ą́ | nasal "a" for bra with high tone | ãː˩ | ąą | long nasal "a" for bra with low tone | ãː˥ | ą́ą́ | long nasal "a" for bra with high tone | ẽ˩ | ę | nasal "e" for met with low tone | ẽ˥ | ę́ | nasal "e" for met with high tone | ẽː˩ | ęę | long nasal "e" for met with low tone | ẽː˥ | ę́ę́ | long nasal "e" for met with high tone | ĩ˩ | į | nasal "ee" for see with low tone | ĩ˥ | į́ | nasal "ee" for see with high tone | ĩː˩ | įį | long nasal "ee" for see with low tone | ĩː˥ | į́į́ | long nasal "ee" for see with high tone | õ˩ | ǫ | nasal "oa" for coat with low tone | õ˥ | ǫ́ | nasal "oa" for coat with high tone | õː˩ | ǫǫ | long nasal "oa" for coat with low tone | õː˥ | ǫ́ǫ́ | long nasal "oa" for coat with high tone | |
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