ISO 639-3 · navnav
Na-Dene family
Navajo
Diné bizaad
Navajo is a language of the Southern Athabaskan branch (Na-Dene), spoken in United States. Wikidata counts about 169,369 speakers (2011). Wikidata describes it as “Athabaskan language of Na-Dené stock spoken in the southwestern United States”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
nav- ISO 639-1
nv- Glottocode
nava1243- Family
- Na-Dene
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 36.50, -109.00
- Wikipedia
- 93 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Navajo · Diné bizaad |
|---|---|
| Also called | Navaho, Navajo language, nv, Navah language, Diné bizaad |
| All speakers | 169,369 (2011) |
| Written in | Latin script, Navajo Braille |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Na-Dene to Navajo
The branches above Navajo, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in United States
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