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It is part of a family of languages that linguists call Southern Athapascan. It in turn is part of the larger Athapaskan family that includes Northern Canadian, Alaskan and Pacific Coast languages. It is hypothesized to belong to the Na-Dene family. One well received theory is that that family is related to the Yenisei group of languages in Siberia east and north of Lake Baikal.
The Southern group has about the same relationship to each other as Romance languages do. Navajo to many Apache words in the different Apache languages is like the relationship of Spanish to Italian. Athabascan is like Spanish to Romanian. The Na-Dene family is more like Indo European family. Hindu, English and Latin are all in that family. Including Yenisei is like the the theorized Proto Indo-European.
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What are the language Navajo Indians spoke?
NAVAJO,
Why did the USA use the Navajo language and not another language?
Because the Japanese could not break the Navajo language.
What does the word Danae mean in the Navajo language?
a navajo
What language is Navajo?
In English is is called Navajo, In Navajo is it called Diné bizaad. There are over 300,000 Navajo, about 175,000- 200,000 speak Navajo.
What has the author Gary Witherspoon written?
Gary Witherspoon has written: 'Navajo kinship and marriage' -- subject(s): Navajo Indians, Marriage customs and rites, Kinship 'Language and art in the Navajo universe' -- subject(s): Navajo art, Navajo language, Navajo philosophy 'Navajo Kinship and Marriage'
Who used the Navajo language?
the Navajo people in Southwestern United States
What should i write as a conclusion for the Navajo?
In conclusion, the Navajo people after much adversity in the late 19th century with the war and Long Walk and interment in Bosque Redondo and then again in the 1930s with the livestock reductions the Navajo have emerged in the 21st century as the largest tribe with the largest land base. The Navajo Nation today has over 300,000 enrolled members with a land base of 27,000 square miles (the size of Holland and Belgium combined) in the middle of their traditional four sacred mountains. The majority of the Navajo speak the Navajo language. The Navajo religion is alive and well. The Navajo Nation has newspaper, radio, a tribal college, Navajo language schools, police, courts an elected government and many tribal enterprises. They have the largest irrigated farm in the US producing Navajo Pride brand products. In short, the Navajo Nation is well positioned to succeed in the 21st century.
What countries speak Navajo?
The United States. Navajo is a Native American language.
What were the Navajo code breakers?
There were no Navajo code "breakers" . That means someone who tries to figure out and unknown code. Native Americans who worked for the American side in World War II were sometimes called "code talkers". They used a substitution code to encode English orders using a native American language, mostly Navajo but other ones were used too.
Code talkers usedthis language during world war 2?
The Navajo and 11 Hopi soldiers used the the easiest of the Navajo language, to help America defeat the Japanese.
What does dibe mean in Navajo?
"Dibé" means sheep in Navajo. The second syllable is high tone. Navajo is a tonal language
What language does anasazi people speak?
The people in the Navajo tribe speak Navajo, Diné bizaad,which is in the Southern Athabaskan language family. It is the most widely spoken native language in the US by about 175,000-200,000 people. About 2.9% are monolingual in Navajo.They also helped us win ww2 in the Pacific by creating a fast and accurate code to communicate over open radios using Navajo as it's base .
