Haaʼíshąʼ Diné Bizaad Deiídíiltah. Letʼs Read Navajo Preprimer

Publisher: ERIC
Publication date: 1968
Pages: 47This preprimer has been developed by theNorthern Arizona SupFilementaryEducation Center in response to a renewed interest onthe part of the Navaho peoplein learning to read their ownlanguage. A brief description of Navahovowels, vowellength, tones, and consonants, prefaces theNavaho material. All the letters of theNavaho alphabet are introduced,being presentedfirstinwords containingcontrasting sounds. and then in the contextof simple sentences. The words containingthe sounds being practiced are vocabulary itemsbasic to Navaho family life, and areillustrated by simple black and white drawings tostimulate word recognition. Apage-indexed Navaho/English glossaryof approximately 130 lexicalitemsis
appended.