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Navajo (Dine bizaad) is a Southern Athabaskan language of the Na-Dene family, spoken by about 170,000 people primarily in the Southwestern United States, especially within the Navajo Nation across Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado. It is the most widely spoken Na-Dene language and, with English, one of the most widely spoken Indigenous languages of North America.

Facts
Speaker Count
170,000 1
Status
Living 1
Region
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado, primarily the Navajo Nation 1
Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Na-Dene, Language Families
Source Wikipedia: Navajo Language

Written In

Latin Script, Scripts
Source Wikipedia: Navajo Language
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Navajo Language
Wikimedia FoundationLead section, Southern Athabaskan of the Na-Dene family statementView the Source
1. Wikipedia: Navajo Language
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, speaker count figure (170,000, 2019 census)View the Source
1. Wikipedia: Navajo Language
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, region fieldView the Source
1. Wikipedia: Navajo Language
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, current speaker figuresView the Source
1. Wikipedia: Navajo Language
Wikimedia FoundationIn Family: Na-Dene, Lead section, Southern Athabaskan language of the Na-Dene family statementView the Source
1. Wikipedia: Navajo Language
Wikimedia FoundationWritten In: Latin Script, Infobox, writing system field (Latin, Navajo alphabet)View the Source
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