The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony / Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468

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ā ī (a, i with macron or “long” sign) ỳ ĕ (y with grave accent; e with breve or “short” sign)
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The spelling of Navajo words in this paper is in accordance with the alphabet of the Bureau of Ethnology:
c = ch in chin ; ¢ = th in this ; ç = th in think ; j = z in azure ; q = German ch in machen ; ‘ shows that a vowel is aspirated; the vowels have the continental sounds; ai is the only diphthong, and is like i in line ; l is usually aspirated; the other letters have the ordinary English pronunciation.

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