DAY 089 NAVAJO

Introduction
Most people think of the Navajo code talkers when the word Navajo is brought up. I think of all the pain and suffering that they endured to still be able to speak their language and perform their ceremonies. Navajo is one of the Indigenous Languages that was not killed off by the Colonizers, and is still being spoken today by many elders, and is now being taught in schools to little Native kids on the rez. Now there are 170,000 Indigenous people who speak their language, Yaaaaaass!!!!!! Isn’t the Navajo flag so COOL! I love the rainbow on it. 😀

Navajo is a Southern Athabaskan language of the Na-Dené family, through which it is related to languages spoken across the western areas of North America. Navajo is spoken primarily in the Southwestern United States, especially on the Navajo Nation.

Region: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado

Language family: Athabaskan languages, Na-Dene languages, Southern Athabaskan languages, Dené–Yeniseian languages

Words
Hello – Yá’át’ééh.
Goodbye – Hágooshį́į́
Good Morning – Yá’át’ééh abíní
Goodnight – Yá’át’ééh hiiłchi’į’
Please – T’aa shoodi.
Thank You – Ahéhee’
Yes – Aoo’
No – Dooda.
Affectionate greeting. – Ah-hah-lah’nih.
Friend. – Sih-kiss.’
Grandfather. – Shih-chai.’
Grandmother. – Shah-mah’ tsah’nih.
Young man. – Dih-neh’.
Young woman. – Chih-keh’.
Baby. – Ah-wayh’.