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    Navaho Myths, Prayers & Songs
    Navaho Myths, Prayers & Songs
    Navaho Myths, Prayers & Songs
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    Navaho Myths, Prayers & Songs

    By Washington Matthews

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    Collected here are stories, prayers, and songs of the Navaho people including A Tale of Kininaékai, A Prayer of the Second Day of the Night Chant, A Prayer of the Fourth Day of the Night Chant, The Story of Bekotsidi, and Protection Song (to be sung on going into battle).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Publishing LLC
    Release dateJan 24, 2013
    ISBN9781625584731
    Navaho Myths, Prayers & Songs

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      Navaho Myths, Prayers & Songs - Washington Matthews

      ALPHABET

      The characters used in this work, in spelling Navaho words, are given below, with the value assigned to each character.

      VOWELS

      a has the sound of English a in father.

      ä has the sound of English a in hat. has the sound of English a in what.

      a has the sound of English e in they. In some connections it varies to the sound of English e in their.

      ë has the sound of English e in then.

      i has the sound of English i in marine.

      ï has the sound of English i in tin.

      o has the sound of English o in bone.

      u has the sound of English u in rude.

      ai unmarked, or accented on the i (aí), is a diphthong having the sound of English i in bind. When it is accented on the a (ái), or has a diaeresis (aï), it is pronounced as two vowels.

      ow has the sound of English ow in how. It is heard mostly in meaningless syllables.

      A vowel followed by an inverted comma (`) is aspirated, or pronounced with a peculiar force which cannot be well represented by adding the letter h.

      CONSONANTS

      b has the sound of English b in bat.

      d has the sound of English d in day.

      d represents a strongly aspirated dental sonant. It is often interchanged with d.

      g has the sound of English g in go, or, in some connections, the sound of English g in gay.

      g has a sound unknown in English. It is the velar g, like the Arabic ghain, or the Dakota g.

      h has the sound of English h in hat.

      h has the sound of German ch in machen. It is sometimes interchanged with h.

      k has usually the sound of English k in koran; but sometimes the sound of English k in king.

      l has the sound of English l in lay.

      l has a sound unknown in English. It is an aspirated surd l, made with the side rather than with the tip of the tongue. It is often interchanged with l.

      m has the sound. of English m in man.

      n has the sound of English n in name.

      n has the effect of French n in bon. It has no equivalent in English.

      s has the sound of English s in sand.

      s has the sound of English sh in shad. It is often interchanged with s.

      t has the sound of English t in tan.

      t represents a strongly aspirated dental surd. It is often interchanged with t.

      w has the sound of English w in war.

      y has the sound of English y in yarn.

      z has the sound of English z in zone.

      z has the sound of English z in azure. It is often interchanged with z.

      c, f, j, p, q, v, and x are not used. The sound of English ch in chance is represented by ts; that of English j in jug by dz.

      EDITOR’S NOTE

      In the latter part of the year 1902 the late Dr. Washington Matthews entered into an arrangement with the Department of Anthropology of the University of California, through its head, Professor F. W. Putnam, in accordance with which he was to devote the remainder of his life to the preparation of a large amount of unpublished material which he had accumulated during the many years of active life among the North American Indians.

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