So one more thing about the Witherspoon (1975) book that I can't believe I didn't include in yesterday's ramble!

He says that brothers and sisters should not touch each other, even incidentally, although they are close in many ways.

And there's even a grammatical consequence of that required physical distancing:

1/2 (I think)

#linguistics #anthropology #dinébizaad #navajo #languageAndCulture

https://archive.org/details/dzani-yazhi-naazbaa

Dzání Yázhí Naazbaa’: Little Woman Warrior Who Came Home, A Story of the Navajo Long Walk by Evangeline Parsons Yazzie; Irving Toddy

Topics
#Dinébizaad, #genocide, #Hwéeldi, #forcedmarch, #deportation, #forcedmarches, #colonialism, #whitesupremacy, #Naabeehó, #Diné, #bahaneʼ, #naaltsooswoltaí

Dzáníbaa’ is alone when U.S. troops swoop down on her family’s hogan. Before she can run to safety, a soldier grabs her and puts her on his horse. She is taken to Fort Sumner, and from there is forced to walk to Bosque Redondo. For four long years, Dzáníbaa’ and her family endure incredible hardship and sacrifice. Crops wither. Food is scarce or so tainted that it poisons. Illness strikes. At times there seems no hope of a better future.

Nevertheless, this time of trial gives Dzáníbaa’ a profound sense of herself as a Navajo and of the importance of her culture. As never before, Dzáníbaa’ realizes the significance of the clan system, of the prayers and songs of her people, and of exerting herself to help her family.

Hear Dzáníbaa’’s story, and discover why she is the Little Woman Warrior Who Came Home.

@inkscape I then found the intersection of these #Navajo compatible fonts with SVG fonts supported by Wikimedia Commons SVG servers:

- DejaVu Math TeX Gyre
- Noto Sans
- Noto Sans Mono
- Noto Sans Display
- Noto Serif
- Noto Serif Display

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:SVG/wuu#Fonts,_text #dinebizaad #wikimedia

@inkscape I then found the intersection of these #Navajo compatible fonts with SVG fonts supported by Wikimedia Commons SVG servers:

- DejaVu Math TeX Gyre
- Noto Sans Mono
- Noto Sans Display
- Noto Serif
- Noto Serif Display

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:SVG/wuu#Fonts,_text #dinebizaad #wikimedia

I really would like to have an input method named "Keyboard - Navajo" available in input method frameworks like ibus, fcitx5, uim, or scim. Anything to help make entering accents faster. #Dinébizaad