Learn the Language of the Navajo Code Talkers
This article answers common questions about the Navajo language code system created in 1942 by the “first twenty-nine” U.S. ...
Author Archives: Nihizaad
Listing Related Navajo Family
shik’is — my friend, my brother/sister shilah — my maternal cousin or sibling shił naa’aash — my paternal male cousin (male to ...
Listing Immediate Navajo Family
shi — myself shimá — my mother shizhé’é — my father shádí — my older sister shideezhí — my younger sister shínaaí — my older ...
Listing Handling Verbs
shaa nítįįh — a single slender solid object shaa níyeeh — a mass in bag shaa ní’aah — a solid object shaa nílé — a slender cord ...
Listing Numbered Days in Navajo
Day 1 — t’ááłá’íjį́ Day 2 — naakijį́ Day 3 — táá’gíjį́ Day 4 — dį́į́’jį́ Day 5 — ashdla’jį́ Day 6 — hastą́ą́jį́ Day 7 ...
Listing Navajo Calendar
Gháájí’ (October) Níłch’its’ósí (November) Nił ch’itsoh (December) Yas Niłt’ees (January) Atsá Biyáázh (February) Wóóshch’įįd (March) ...
Listing Navajo Clans
Clan Group 1 Kinyaa’áanii — Towering House People Dziłt’aadí — Near the Mountain Clan ’Azee’tsoh Dine’é — Big Medicine People Tązhii ...
Listing Other Clans
Chíshí Dine’é — Chiricahua Apache Clan Dichin Dine’é — Hunger People Diłzéehi — Mohave Clan K’ai’ Dine’é – Willow People K’ai’ ...