Dine Bizaad Binahoo’aah

Rediscovering The Navajo Language

by Evangeline Parsons Yazzie

This 448 page textbook provides a verb-based introduction to the Navajo language for college and secondary students. Students are introduced to the Navajo sound system and the Navajo writing system. Clear explanations of vocabulary and grammar provide students with a solid foundation for building communications skills. Through readings, photos and writing exercises, students broaden their knowledge of geography, history and culture.

• Chapter 1 - The Navajo Alphabet and the Navajo Sound System
• Chapter 2 - The Navajo Sound System and Navajo Literacy
• Chapter 3 - Navajo Verbs
• Chapter 4 - Simple Navajo Sentence Construction
• Chapter 5 - My Immediate Family
• Chapter 6 - My Extended Family
• Chapter 7 - Clan Relationships
• Chapter 8 - Around the Home
• Chapter 9 - Clothing
• Chapter 10 - The Body and Names of Parts of the Body
• Chapter 11 - Cooking and Eating
• Chapter 12 - Formal Education
• Chapter 13 - Play
• Chapter 14 - Work and the Work Place
• Chapter 15 - Navajo Verbs: Future and Perfective Modes
• Chapter 16 - Numbers, Money, Purchasing, and Counting
• Chapter 17 - Telling Time
• Chapter 18 - Navajo Reservation
• Chapter 19 - Weather
• Chapter 20 - Traveling
• Chapter 21 - Navajo Teachings
• Chapter 22 - The Cornfield and Working the Cornfield
• Chapter 23 - Water and the Care of Water
• Chapter 24 - Navajo Livestock
• Chapter 25 - Names of the Months and Their Story
• Chapter 26 - Handling Verbs
• Chapter 28 - Textures, Shapes, Colors, and Sound Effects
• Chapter 29 - Navajo Nation Government
• Chapter 30 - Treaties

448 pp ~ illustrated