Learning Navaho

436 Pages·56.588 MB·English

by  Berard Haile

Learning Navaho
VOLUME ONE
BERARD HAILE
Friar Minor of the Cincinnati Province
1941
Copyright, UM
by
Berard Haile
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CONTENTS
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List of Prints vii
Abbreviations viii
Introduction
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Lesson One 5 to 19
1. Names of Phonemes, Vowel Length, Tone, da-sound. . . .7
2. Demonstratives. The >a-sound 8
3. The xa-, ha-sounds 0
4. Double Vowels 9
5. The <a-sound 9
6. The na-sound 10
7. The ba-sound 10
8. The C-sound 10
9. The sa- §a-sounds 10
10. Theo-sound 10
1 1. Capital Letters and Punctuation 10
12. Assimilation of Sounds 11
_J3. Nouns, Absolute and Possessed Forms 12
14. Nouns, Patterns of Change 13
15. Interrogative Elements 13
16. Simplified Double Consonants 15
17. The Negative 15
18. Possessive Pronouns 16
19. Possessive bi-, xa- 17
Lesson Two 19 to 44
20. The ta-sound 23
21. Glottalized Consonants 24
22. Aspirational Release of ta-, ca-, £a-, ka-sounds 25
23. Gutturals and Labialized Gutturals 27
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24. Nasalized Vowels 30
25. The Glottal Stop (>) Consonant 32
, 26. Nouns 33
,__27. Plural of Nouns 34
28. Possessive Pronouns 34
29. Syllabic n and fi 34
?0. Assimilation of Sounds 35
30a. Vowel Timbre of Possessive Prefixes 36
31. Interrogative Elements 38
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32. Enclitic -da of the Negative 39
33. A Note on x61$ and »adin 41
Lesson Three 44 to 54
34. The ya-sound 46
35. The ia-sound 46
36. The m«-sound 46
37. The wa-sound 46
38. Laterals. The 1a- and H-sounds 46
39. Glottalized £a- and Aspirational £a-sound 47
40. Es- and Esh-sibilants 47
41. Labials 47
42. The -i-a-Type of Possessed Nouns 48
43. The -e>e-Type of Possessed Nouns 48
44. xasti-n and 49
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45. »afcfni 49
46. >a§ki* and >afe*d 50
47. Adjectives 50
48. Demonstratives 50
49. Interrogative Pronouns 51
50. -1a, -14 Enclitic 51
51. -go Enclitic 51