To say "what is your name " in Navajo you say: daash yinílyé
To answer you say: (Name) yinishyé."
And you?: nishą'?
The marks over vowels make them high tone. They are as important in Navajo as changing the vowel is in English like "bit" and "bet".
The mark under the "a" makes it nasalized.
Two vowels together make it held longer not change the sound very much as it would in English.
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