This 448 page textbook provides a verb-based introduction to the Navajo language for college and secondary students. Students are introduced to the Navajo sound system and the Navajo writing system. Clear explanations of vocabulary and grammar provide students with a solid foundation for building communications skills. Through readings, photos and writing exercises, students broaden their knowledge of geography, history and culture.
Students will rediscover the Navajo language and develop communicative competence with Diné Bizaad Bínáhoo’aah: Rediscovering the Navajo Language:
- Chapter 1
The Navajo Alphabet and the Navajo Sound System
- Chapter 2
The Navajo Sound System and Navajo Literacy
- Chapter 3
Navajo Verbs
- Chapter 4
Simple Navajo Sentence Construction
- Chapter 5
My Immediate Family
- Chapter 6
My Extended Family
- Chapter 7
Clan Relationships
- Chapter 8
Around the Home
- Chapter 9
Clothing
- Chapter10
The Body and Names of Parts of the Body
- Chapter 11
Cooking and Eating
- Chapter 12
Formal Education
- Chapter 13
Play
- Chapter 14
Work and the Work Place
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- Chapter 15
Navajo Verbs: Future and Perfective Modes
- Chapter 16
Numbers, Money, Purchasing, and Counting
- Chapter 17
Telling Time
- Chapter 18
Navajo Reservation
- Chapter 19
Weather
- Chapter 20
Traveling
- Chapter 21
Navajo Teachings
- Chapter 22
The Cornfield and Working the Cornfield
- Chapter 23
Water and the Care of Water
- Chapter 24
Navajo Livestock
- Chapter 25
Names of the Months and Their Story
- Chapter 26
Handling Verbs
- Chapter 28
Textures, Shapes, Colors, and Sound Effects
- Chapter 29
Navajo Nation Government
- Chapter 30
Treaties
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