Navajo

navajo English <dab!> Alternative forms en Navaho Etymology en :bor es:navajo 1 en es navajo, from en tew navahúuˀu field adjoining an arroyo. Pronunciation en /ˈnæ.və.həʊ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Navajo.wav Southern England en /ˈnæ.və.hoʊ/ /ˈnɑ.və.hoʊ/ contracted /ˈnæ.voʊ/ GA en En-us-Navajo.oga US en Na va jo Noun * s es A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America. en Tavasuh derogatory en Eric Levenson Alfred Newman, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, dies at 94 w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/us/navajo-code-talker-alfred-newman-death-trnd/index.html 2019-01-16 As a code talker, Newman was one of a group of Navajos who learned a secret, unbreakable language that was used to send information on tactics, troop movements and orders over the radio and telephone during WWII. https://web.archive.org/web/20251228232916/https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/us/navajo-code-talker-alfred-newman-death-trnd/index.html 28 December 2025 Derived terms en navajoite Navajo disease Navajo County Navajo flu Navajo Nation Navajoness Navajo taco Navajo neuropathy Navajo Springs Navajo white Navajoland Navlish Translations person Amharic: am ናቫሆ Apache: Western Apache: apw Yúdahą́ Arabic: ar نافاجو m f nāfājū, ar نافاهو m f nāfāhū Breton: br navac'ho Catalan: ca navaho m f Cherokee: chr ᎠᏂᎾᏩᎰ Chinese: Cantonese: yue Mandarin: cmn 納瓦霍族 Nàwǎhuò-zú, cmn 納瓦霍 Nàwǎhuò Esperanto: eo navaho Finnish: fi navajo French: fr Navajo m f, fr navajo m f German: de Navajo m, de Navaho m Greek: el Ναβάχο m Hindi: hi नावाहो Irish: ga Navachóch m Japanese: ja ナバホ族 Nabaho-zoku, ja ナバホ Nabaho Khmer: km ឌិណិស, km ណាវ៉ាហូ Navajo: nv Diné, nv Naabeehó Occitan: oc navaho m f Persian: fa ناواهو nâvâho Polish: pl Nawaho Portuguese: pt navajo m Russian: ru нава́хо m indeclinable Spanish: es navajo m Swahili: sw Mnavaho s, sw Wanavaho p Taos: twf nábahuna Tewa: tew Wä́n Sáveh Zuni: zun A:bachu Proper noun An Apachean (Southern Athabaskan) language of the Athabascan language family belonging to the Na-Dené phylum. It is spoken by 149,000 people in the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado). en Daniel W. Hieber Why I hate conlangs Linguistic Discovery https://linguisticdiscovery.com/blog/why-i-hate-conlangs/ 2023-12-30 Endangered language communities would be thrilled with and proud of that kind of exposure for their language, like when Star Wars was dubbed into Navajo and Ojibwe. https://web.archive.org/web/20240524133211/https://linguisticdiscovery.com/blog/why-i-hate-conlangs/ An Amerindian people who traditionally speak the Navajo language. en Eric Levenson Alfred Newman, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, dies at 94 w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/us/navajo-code-talker-alfred-newman-death-trnd/index.html 2019-01-16 One of the last remaining members of the Navajo Code Talkers, who used their difficult-to-learn language to form an indecipherable code that helped the Allies win World War II, has died. https://web.archive.org/web/20251228232916/https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/us/navajo-code-talker-alfred-newman-death-trnd/index.html 28 December 2025 en. Synonyms en language Dine Diné en people Dine Diné Navajo People Derived terms en Navajo Tribal Nation Navajo Nation Navajo Reservation Navajo Indian Reservation Navajo Tribe Navajo People Translations language Amharic: am ናቫሆኛ Arabic: ar نافاجو اَلنَّافَاجُو m an-nafajū, ar نافاجو نافاهو m nāfāhū Armenian: hy նավահո Breton: br navac'hoeg m Cherokee: chr ᎾᏩᎰ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 納瓦霍語 Nàwǎhuò-yǔ Dutch: nl Navajo n Esperanto: eo la navaha lingvo Finnish: fi navajo French: fr navajo m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Navaho n Galician: gl navajo m German: de Navajo n, de Navaho n Greek: el ναβάχο f Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug navaxu aru Hebrew: he נאוואחו Hindi: hi नावाहो Hungarian: hu navahó Icelandic: is navahóíska Indonesian: id bahasa Navajo Inuktitut: iu ᓈᕙᐦᐅᑐᑦ Irish: ga Navachóis Italian: it navajo m Japanese: ja ナヴァホ語 Navaho-go, ja ナバホ語 Nabaho-go Javanese: jv basa Navajo Khmer: km ភាសាណាវ៉ាហូ Korean: ko ^나바호어 Limburgish: li Navajo Lithuanian: lt navahų kalba Macedonian: mk навахо Manx: gv Navajo Mapudungun: arn navaku dungun Navajo: nv Diné bizaad, nv Naabeehó bizaad Occitan: oc navaho m Polish: pl Nawaho Portuguese: pt navajo m Quechua: qu diné simi Russian: ru нава́хо m indeclinable Scots: sco Navajo, sco Navaho Scottish Gaelic: gd Navajo Spanish: es navajo m Swahili: sw Kinavaho Swedish: sv navajo Tamil: ta நாவஹோ மொழி Turkish: tr Navahoca Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Navajo is the 134712nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 125 individuals. Navajo is most common among American Indian/Alaskan Native (72.8%) and Hispanic (15.2%) individuals. See also Athabaskan languages Southern Athabaskan languages Na-Dené languages nv Further reading 1 nv nav nav en Languages Native American tribes