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Navajo has a whole system to spell and write. The current standardized one was developed in by John Harrington, Robert Young, William Morgan, and Oliver LaFarge in 1939. The first system and word list was started in 1849. There were many systems between then and 1939. Before that, as with most the world's languages for most of human history, there was not written language.

There are eight vowels and each can be nasalized so that makes 16.

There are 31 consonants.

It has regular, high, rising and falling tones that are marked.

Here is a sample:

Bilaʼashdaʼii tʼáá ałtsoh yiníkʼehgo bidizhchįh dóó aheełtʼeego ílį́į́go bee baahóchįʼ. Eíí háníʼ dóó hánítshakees hwiihdaasyaʼ eíí binahjį́ʼ ahidiníłnáhgo álíleekʼehgo kʼé bee ahił niidlį́.

TranslationAll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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