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Navajo or Navaho (/ ˈ n æ v ə h oʊ, ˈ n ɑː v ə-/ NAV-ə-hoh, NAH-və-; [4] Navajo: 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.
The Navajo [a] or Diné are an Indigenous people of the Southwestern United States.Their traditional language is Diné bizaad, a Southern Athabascan language.. The states with the largest Diné populations are Arizona (140,263) and New Mexico (108,305).
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Navajo is one of the most vigorous North American languages, but has still faced decline, with use among first-graders decreasing from 90% in 1968 to 30% in 1998. [1] The Southern Athabaskan languages spoken in Mexico are regulated by the Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI) and have the official status of national languages of ...
7 languages. Cymraeg; Deutsch; ... People of Navajo descent (1 C) H. Navajo history (1 C, 33 P) P. Navajo people (12 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Navajo"
According to Navajo tradition, the infant Changing Woman (Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé), one of the best known Navajo deities, was found by the Holy People (Diyin Dineʼé) on top of Gobernador Knob (Chʼóolʼį́ʼí), located within Dinétah area. The region is also indicated as the place to which the first four Navajo clans arrived after their ...
In 1943 Young and Morgan became editors of the first Navajo-language newspaper, Ádahooníłígíí, published by the Navajo Agency. It was the second newspaper to be published in a Native American language, after the Cherokee Phoenix , which was founded in 1828 and published through 1834 (it was revived intermittently and began regular ...
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