Diné Bizaad

This Diné bizaad (Navajo language) website will have hyperlinks related to the Navajo language. Most important is downloading the Navajo fonts to your computer, in order to correctly see how the Navajo words are correctly spelled. Please choose the downloadable Navajo font links to the left or other Navajo language related subjects.

Note:
The Navajo alphabet was developed by missionaries in the 1800s that used a few special character letters that were not part of the English alphabets. When they developed the Navajo language, they did not use the characters F and P, because there were no Navajo sounds for them. They used the characters Ch instead of the single character C, since there were no Navajo sounds specifically for C, only for Ch.

In the left frame are three Navajo true type fonts (Century Gothic Navajo, Times New Roman Navajo, and Verdana Navajo) to download, to make you see the 'Diné Glossary' links and 'Diné to English Glossary' links on the left frame correctly. Please install these True Type fonts on your computer for either a Windows or a Macintosh operating system. For a Windows operating system, all you do is click on the Navajo font links to the left, and 'Choose to Open' or 'Save to Disk'. 'Save to Disk' causes the Navajo font file to download to the Desktop with no need for unzipping. For a Windows Millenium operating system, you need to download the fonts to the Fonts folder located at computer path My Computer\Control Panel\Fonts. For a Windows XP operating system, you need to download the fonts to the Fonts folder located at computer path Computer\Local Disk (C:)\Windows\Fonts. If choosing to go through the Control Panel, the computer path is Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Fonts, which automatically goes to true computer path Computer\Local Disk (C:)\Windows\Fonts.

Once installed, you will see the special Navajo characters below which are:

 
Century Gothic Navajo:

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If you see characters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = [ , then you do not have the Century Gothic Navajo font installed on your computer.

 
Times New Roman Navajo:

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If you see characters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = [ , then you do not have the Times New Roman Navajo font installed on your computer.

 
Verdana Navajo:

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If you see characters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = [ , then you do not have the Verdana Navajo font installed on your computer.