Navajo

Na-Dene170,000 speakersLatin

RegionUSA (Southwest)

FamilyNa-Dene

Speakers170,000 speakers

ScriptLatin

TypeAlphabetic

About Navajo

The most spoken Native American language north of Mexico. Used as an unbreakable code during WWII by Navajo Code Talkers. A tonal language with 4 tones. Has extremely complex verb morphology. The code was never broken by the Japanese.

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