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If you speak Navajo it is easy. Maybe it would take you a few weeks to memorize and practice it.
If you are a native English ( or Japanese) speaker it could be very hard. They have many consonants that we do not have. They are hard for many people. The vowels are tonal: low, high, rising , falling. There are nasalized vowels too. It sounds a bit like the on sound at the end of the French word "bon". There are long and short vowels which are are to hear the difference. There are glottal stops. Some words have a final h sound that is hard to hear too.
One easy example is the word for "horse". It is written: łį́į́ . It is pronuced with the vowels nasalized and high tone. The L sound is like the LL in Welsh. It is a non voiced L sound in which you breathe out while holding the tongue in the L position. Goat is another hard word -- tł'ízí. That is a glottalized tl sound at the beginning. And both vowels are high tone. Even the word for " my mother" could give you away. Shima is not a word shima' means my mother.
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How did Navajo code talkers change the war?
Their language (Navajo's) was very hard to understand and it was just as hard to learn. It made it very easy for the Navajo to send secret messages in aide to the Americans.
Why was the Navajo code so hard to learn?
Because it didn't have a written alphabet, so there was no way to study it, just memorize it.
What is the Navajo word for chocolate?
The Navajo term for fried bread is dahdiniilghaazh.
What are some websites where you can learn about the Navajo tribe?
www.howisanyonesupposetoknow.org bigorrin
Was it hard for Navajo to acclimate to their environment?
no no child they were indians
How may words did the Navajo code talkers need to learn?
Lots
Who were the navjo code breakers in World War 2?
They were young Navajo men from the Navajo tribe in the United States recruited to learn the Navajo code and conduct radio communications on the war front.
Why did the Navajo most likely learn certain from the Hopi rather than the Nez Perce?
The Nez Perce lived no where near the Navajo. The Hopi people and the Navajo people live right next to each other.
What is the Navajo word for purple?
tsédídééh is Navajo for purple. It comes from a name of a flower.Attached is video to learn to say the colors in Navajo. Remember to say the tones!Navajo is a tonal language, you can't just add a English question sound or valley girl thing without changing meaning.
How many Navajo have been injured in Iraq?
As of 2013, 13 Navajo have been killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Injury numbers are hard to come by.
What is the Navajo word for learn?
to learn (1st person imperfective)--íhoosh'aahínáhoosh'ááh--- Iterative mode. íhooł'ą́ą́' --- perfective.íhwiideesh'ááł --future mode. íhoosh'ááł --Optative mode"Are you leaning Navajo" ---Diné bizaadísh bóhooł'aahAoo' dine bizaad bihoosh'aah. --Yes, I am learning Navajo language.yihoołaah--- he is learning itNavajo has many, many more ways to conjugate a verb than in English.
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How hard a language is to learn really depends on your motivation.
