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 RegionArizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado, primarily the Navajo Nation 1 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
Sources
1. 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)
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