Navajo
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Endangerment status
Not endangered
Children are still learning this language at home.
Source: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master)
ISO 639-3 nav · ISO 639-1 nv · Glottocode nava1243
Speakers at home
The census counts this language on its own, so these figures are for it alone.
By state
- Arizona75,037limited English 18,058
- New Mexico57,560limited English 18,021
- Utah5,931limited English 1,759
- Colorado1,450limited English 468
- California878limited English 177
- Texas636limited English 80
- Nevada485limited English 12
- Oklahoma364limited English 46
- Montana318limited English 20
- Washington289limited English 106
- Idaho282limited English 20
- Oregon277limited English 34
- Pennsylvania250limited English 7
- North Carolina219limited English 5
- Minnesota184limited English 2
- Alabama169limited English 0
- New York167limited English 78
- Louisiana131limited English 0
- Illinois118limited English 20
- Wyoming106limited English 0
- Kansas106limited English 7
- Florida82limited English 36
- Wisconsin76limited English 0
- North Dakota76limited English 4
- Nebraska53limited English 0
- Virginia50limited English 25
- Hawaii41limited English 2
- Missouri32limited English 2
- Indiana31limited English 0
- Ohio30limited English 0
- Arkansas29limited English 0
- Maine27limited English 21
- South Dakota24limited English 3
- Tennessee22limited English 0
- Alaska21limited English 0
- New Hampshire20limited English 0
- Georgia19limited English 0
- Massachusetts13limited English 13
- Michigan12limited English 0
- South Carolina10limited English 0
- Iowa7limited English 0
By city
- Phoenix2,148limited English 381
- New York City230limited English 230
- Los Angeles116limited English 0
- Chicago66limited English 0
- San Diego44limited English 44
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year. The second figure counts people who speak English less than “very well”.
The census publishes this table for every state but for only a handful of cities. A city missing from this list is one it does not publish, not one where nobody speaks the language.
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Ten small things, each answerable in under a minute by anyone who speaks the language. You do not need to prepare, and you do not have to do them in order.
- A greetingnone yet
How do you greet someone, and how do they answer?
- Numbersnone yet
Count from one to ten.
- Familynone yet
The words for mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, child.
- Saying goodbyenone yet
How did the oldest person you knew say goodbye?
- Foodnone yet
Name a dish and say how it is made.
- Weather and seasonsnone yet
Describe today’s weather, then name the seasons.
- A place namenone yet
The name of your home place in this language, and what it means.
- A proverbnone yet
A saying that does not translate well. Say it, then explain it.
- A song for a childnone yet
Sing something that was sung to you.
- A storynone yet
A story you were told as a child. Take as long as you need.
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CultureMesh, "Navajo" language page (https://www.culturemesh.com/languages/navajo-122). Endangerment status: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master). Speakers at home: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year.