answersLogoWhite

0


Want this question answered?

Be notified when an answer is posted

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What made the Navajo code so different and so hard to decipher?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

How did Navajo code talkers change the war?

Their language (Navajo's) was very hard to understand and it was just as hard to learn. It made it very easy for the Navajo to send secret messages in aide to the Americans.


Why was the Navajo code so hard to learn?

Because it didn't have a written alphabet, so there was no way to study it, just memorize it.


How do you use the word decipher in a sentence?

I was able to decipher the ancient writing. She had to decipher the coded message. The computer beeped and whirred as it tried to decipher the code. His sloppy handwriting made it hard to decipher his notes.


How spell ballooof?

As your question is hard to decipher, I am guessing you might mean aloof.


How do you spell vourbary?

As your question is hard to decipher, I am guessing you might mean vocabulary.


Was it hard for Navajo to acclimate to their environment?

no no child they were indians


What is the Navajo translation of family?

shikʼéí --My "group of people related by blood or clan"or: dah 'oonéłígíí --- family groupor : t'ááłá'í hooghanígíí -- one family unitałchíní -- family members, children.ba'ałchíní -- his children, bada'ałchíní (plural)


Who coined the phrase the body politic?

It is hard to decipher who coined the phrase body politic. It has been used over time. It may have originated in the 1490's and has gone on to mean different things at different times.


How do you spell tomhas tomhs?

As your question is hard to decipher, I am guessing you might mean Thomas.


How do you spell listesting?

Your spelling is hard to decipher so I'm guessing that you mean the word listening.


How do you spell qowbec?

Your question is hard to decipher, but I think you are asking how to spell Quebec. Quebec is in Canada.


When did they start to use the Navajo code talker?

Most were in their late teens or early twenties, many were 17 or 18. A few were younger and lied to get in. To be in the Marines you had to be 17. Most had been in boarding school which is were they learned English. Most, since they had been 7 or 8. They were punished for speaking Navajo. What was important in selecting the participants was not their age, but, of course, their ability to speak and understand Navajo and English fluently and the ability to learn, memorize and use the code rapidly and accurately. The 1940 census records have just been made public so you could check about most of them if you know their home town.