Navajo people
Tones. Navajo has two tones, low and high.
- high, as in áá and éé
- low, as in aa and ee
Grammar
The key element in Navajo is the verb. Every verb
must have at least one prefix.
Many concepts expressed using nouns in other
languages appear as verbs in Navajo.
There are two main types of nouns in Navajo:
-Simple nouns (béésh - "knife")
-Nouns derived from verbs
(called deverbal nouns)
Text example
Diné bizaad: Ashiiké tóó diigis léi tólikaní la
ádiilnííl dóó nihaa nahidoonih níigo yee hodeez jiní.
Áko táá al chil naatloii kiidiilá dóó
hááhgóósh yinaalnishgo táá álah ch il na atl o ii
néineest jiní.
Áádóó tólikaní áyiilaago táá bíhígíí t áá al tl ízíkágí
yii haidéélbd jiní. "Háadida díí tólikaní yígíí doo la
ahadiidzil da," níigo ahadeet jiní.
Áádóó baa nahidoonih biniiyé kintahgóó dah yidiiljid
jiní...
annaabi.ee 
