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Title: Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary
Post by: Krusher on June 25, 2002, 03:53:35 PM

Code talkers (http://militaryhistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61%2D4.htm)

They had multiple words for every letter !! no wonder the code was so tough.

a few examples--- pay attention to Spains Literal Translation.. sheep pain :)

NAMES OF COUNTRIES    NAVAJO WORD    LITERAL TRANSLATION

AFRICA                  ZHIN-NI                                BLACKIES
ALASKA                  BEH-HGA                              WITH WINTER
AMERICA               NE-HE-MAH                        OUR MOTHER
AUSTRALIA            CHA-YES-DESI                   ROLLED HAT
BRITAIN                TOH-TA                                BETWEEN WATERS
CHINA                 CEH-YEHS-BESI                    BRAIDED HAIR
FRANCE                 DA-GHA-HI                          BEARD
GERMANY                BESH-BE-CHA-HE              IRON HAT
ICELAND                TKIN-KE-YAH                      ICE LAND
INDIA                 AH-LE-GAI                             WHITE CLOTHES
ITALY                  DOH-HA-CHI-YALI-TCHI         STUTTER
JAPAN                 BEH-NA-ALI-TSOSIE              SLANT EYE
PHILIPPINE        KE-YAH-DA-NA-LHE            FLOATING ISLAND
RUSSIA                SILA-GOL-CHI-IH                 RED ARMY
SOUTH AMERICA   SHA-DE-AH-NE-HI-MAH SOUTH OUR MOTHER
SPAIN                   DEBA-DE-NIH                        SHEEP PAIN