Diné means people, man, or person in Dine' bizaad ( Navajo language). The mark over the e means it is high tone. Navajo is a tonal language. Sometimes people write it in English: Dineh because that is a little more how it sounds.
The Navajo (Dine') Reservation is in the Great Basin Desert region of the southwestern United States.
The Dine People (Navajos) were allies with the Hopi Pueblo.
The Navajo or Navaho (Dine') are the largest federally recognized tribe of Native Americans in the United States. They live in the southwestern US, in the Four Corners region, in the US states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. The Navajo Nation, an independent government body, manages the Navajo Indian Reservation.
In Navajo, "Hey Ya" does not have a direct translation or meaning as it is a colloquial expression in English. Navajo is a complex language with its own unique vocabulary and structure, so translating modern slang or phrases can be challenging. It is important to consult with fluent Navajo speakers or linguistic experts for accurate translations and interpretations.
The word Navajo does not come from Spanish. The Spanish learned it in the middle 1500s when they were asking Pueblo Tewa speakers names of the the different Apache related groups. They were told the Dine' were the "Apache of the wide or river bottom fields". "Navahu'u" is Tewa for "farm fields in a valley". Navajo is how the Spanish then spelled it. The Navajo language is related to other Apache languages about the same as Italian is to Spanish or Portuguese. The word Apache is thought to come from the Zuni language word for "enemy" or "stranger" Some other Apache groups were the Jicarilla ("little basket") and Mescalero ( mescal was a food staple) Apache.
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nataani is dine (navajo) it means leader and is male
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We call ourselves Dine' which translate to "The People" - most other tribes refer to themselves as this also
The name of this New Mexico town in Navajo language (Dine' bizaad) is:Bááh DíílidorNiinah NízaadorDoo 'Alk'aii
Navajo (Dine)
There are two ways you can say "Navajo" in Navajo. Dinémeans "The People" in Navajo. The Navajo call themselves "Diné". Nabeehó is another way of saying Navajo.
The Navajo (Dine') Reservation is in the Great Basin Desert region of the southwestern United States.
The Dine People (Navajos) were allies with the Hopi Pueblo.
The Navajo language name for the Navajo people is Dine'. The mark over the "e" means it is higher tone and sounds to english speakers like it is stressed a little- di neh. Other names are: Bíla'ashla'ii Dine'é, which means "five fingered people' but that is perhaps more a name for all humans. A spiritual name is Diyin Nohookáá Dine'é, which means "holy earth surface people". This was said to be the name given to the Navajo by the "Holy People", Diyin Dine'é. ( Spirits or gods might be another name for them.) The name "Navajo" is said to be from a Tewa word meaning wide or valley fields. The Spanish called them Apachu de navajo meaning the Apache who farm in the valleys. They are a cousin of the Apache tribes. The word Apache is probably from Zuni.
In Dine Bizaad (Navajo): Azhe'e.
Richard F. Van Valkenburgh has written: 'Navajo common law' -- subject(s): Navajo law 'Navajo Country, Dine Bikeyan'