Vocabulary of Navajo (Diné Bizaad)


1.    mother           amá
2.    father           azhé'é
3.    sister           hádí
4.    brother           hánaaí
5.    daughter           hatsi'
6.    son           haye'


Hálah, God êi nihoka dineh t'ai'yisi ayoayo 'nigo banh Biye 't' ala 'i bayîzcîn' igiyenîltnh,
t' a-hai-dah bodlan'igi ei do á dodine dah nidih hola'go inah hwe hodolel.


For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.

The Bible, John, 3, 16

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1.    water          
2.    fire           kǫ'
3.    sun           jóhonaa'éi
4.    moon           ooljéé'
5.    wind           níłch'ih
6.    rain           nahłtin


1.    one           łáa'ii
2.    two           naaki
3.    three           táá'
4.    four           dį́į́
5.    five           'ashdla'
6.    six           hastą́á


1.    cat           mósí
2.    dog           łééchąą'í
3.    horse           łįį'
4.    cow           béégashii
5.    fish           łóó'
6.    bird           tsídii
7.    tree           tsin
8.    flower           ch'il bílátah hózhóón


1.    white           łigaii
2.    black           łizhiní
3.    red           łichíí'
4.    green           dinootł'izh
5.    yellow           łitsooí
6.    blue           dootł'izh
7.    gray           łibá
8.    brown           dibéłchí'í

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