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 Attested From (Year) RegionArizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado, primarily the Navajo Nation 2 Classification
Language Kind Connections
Associated With
Documented Navajo grammar early in his career, part of a broader documentation of Native American and Australian Aboriginal languages facing extinction.
In Family
Source Wikipedia: Navajo Language
Written In
Source Wikipedia: Navajo Language
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Cases Where Used
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Source Wikipedia: Navajo (Diné)Lead sentence 3tier 3Quote, Lead sentence 3
Their language is Navajo (Navajo: Diné bizaad), a Southern Athabaskan language.
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Source Wikipedia: Navajo LanguageLead sentence 1Quote, Lead sentence 1
Navajo or Navaho ( NAV-ə-hoh, NAH-və-; Diné bizaad [tìnépìz̥ɑ̀ːt] or Naabeehó bizaad [nɑ̀ːpèːhópìz̥ɑ̀ːt]) is a Southern Athabaskan language of the Na-Dené family, through which it is related to languages spoken across the western areas of North America.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Navajo (Glottolog languoid nava1243)
GlottologEndangerment, AES statusQuote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
2. Wikipedia: Navajo Language
Wikimedia Foundation- Lead section, Southern Athabaskan of the Na-Dene family statement
- Infobox, speaker count figure (170,000, 2019 census)
- Infobox, region field
- Infobox, current speaker figures
- In Family: Na-Dene, Lead section, Southern Athabaskan language of the Na-Dene family statement
- Written In: Latin Script, Infobox, writing system field (Latin, Navajo alphabet)
View the Source 3. Omniglot: Navajo language, alphabet and pronunciation
OmniglotWritten NavajoQuote, Written Navajo
Navajo first appeared in writing in 1849 in the form of a Navajo word list published in the Journal of a Military Reconnaissance by Lt. James H. Simpson.
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