A
WOL-LA-CHEE
BE-LA-SANA / TSE-NILL
Navajo Code Talker Alphabet
The declassified 1945 Navajo Code Talker spelling alphabet, including alternate code words for letters.
Some letters have several historically documented words. This chart shows the first option prominently and additional options beneath it; hyphens are part of published transcriptions.
Complete reference chart
B
NA-HASH-CHID
SHUSH / TOISH-JEH
C
MOASI
TLA-GIN / BA-GOSHI
D
BE
CHINDI / LHA-CHA-EH
E
AH-JAH
DZEH / AH-NAH
F
CHUO
TSA-E-DONIN-EE / MA-E
G
AH-TAD
KLIZZIE / JEHA
H
TSE-GAH
CHA / LIN
I
TKIN
YEH-HES / A-CHI
J
TKELE-CHO-G
AH-YA-TSINNE / YIL-DOI
K
JAD-HO-LONI
BA-AH-NE-DI-TININ / KLIZZIE-YAZZIE
L
DIBEH-YAZZIE
AH-JAD / NASH-DOIE-TSO
M
TSIN-TLITI
BE-TAS-TNI / NA-AS-TSO-SI
N
TSAH
A-CHIN
O
A-KHA
TLO-CHIN / NE-AHS-JAH
P
CLA-GI-AIH
BI-SO-DIH / NE-ZHONI
Q
CA-YEILTH
R
GAH
DAH-NES-TSA / AH-LOSZ
S
DIBEH
KLESH
T
D-AH
A-WOH / THAN-ZIE
U
SHI-DA
NO-DA-IH
V
A-KEH-DI-GLINI
W
GLOE-IH
X
AL-NA-AS-DZOH
Y
TSAH-AS-ZIH
Z
BESH-DO-TLIZ