What is goodbye in Navajo?

According to Omniglot.com, goodbye in Navajo is:

Hágoónee’ ("okay/alright then")
Hágooshį́į́
Yá’át’ééh (reply)
Á'aa, hágoónee’ (reply)

The Navajo language, also known as Diné Bizaad, is spoken by approximately 175,000 people in the United States and elsewhere (Gordon, 2005).

Navajo is a language of the Apachean subgroup of the Athabaskan branch of the Na-Dené language family, along with Apache. Other Athabaskan languages include Chipewyan, Beaver, Sekani, Carrier, Hupa, Slave, Wailaki, Tagish, and more.

The Athabaskan language family includes approximately 44 different language groups native to the Western U.S. and Canada (Gordon, 2005).

Tip! Here’s a collection of useful phrases in Navaj, an Athabaskan language spoken in Arizona and New Mexico in the USA shared by Omniglot.com.

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Monday, February 01 2016


Source: http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/navajo.php

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