Did you know Diné Bizaad (Navajo) is at risk?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Diné Bizaad, Navajo, Navaho, Diné
CLASSIFICATION		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Athabaskan, Apachean
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		nav
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Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
120,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1990 an estimated 115,000 people living on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona and northeastern New Mexico had fluency in Navajo, about 75% of the reservation population, to which must be added a somewhat lower percentage of the 12,000 to 15,000 Navajos living off-reservation. A conservative estimate of the total number of fluent speakers in 1990 would be about 120,000. In 2001, although the population has increased, the number of speakers is probably smaller.

PLACES: Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Navajo Nation in northern Arizona and northeastern New Mexico, and Navajos living off-reservation.

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
171,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
266,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
7600 monolinguals.
(169,000 [2016].)

DATE OF INFO: 2010

TRANSMISSION

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Vigorous in some families. L1 speakers among first graders are 30%% versus 90%% in 1968 (1998). Immersion program in several schools; formally taught at several universities (Golla 2007). Wide range of functions.

PLACES: USA

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northeast Arizona, northwest New Mexico, southeast Utah; a few in Colorado.

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
120,000
Native speakers worldwide

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
148,530
Native speakers worldwide

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~120,000
Native speakers worldwide

		2007	North America	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	1-96	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Victor Golla	Golla, Victor. 2007. "North America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 1-96. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD		~120,000		100000		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.												36.1666666667,-108.0
	17th	2013	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)			Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig	Dallas, Texas: SIL International		http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		266,000	171,000	2010	100000	7600 monolinguals. (169,000 [2016].)	Vulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	Vigorous in some families. L1 speakers among first graders are 30%% versus 90%% in 1968 (1998). Immersion program in several schools; formally taught at several universities (Golla 2007). Wide range of functions.	USA	Northeast Arizona, northwest New Mexico, southeast Utah; a few in Colorado.
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		120,000		100000		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					35.8044,-108.475
		2008	North America	Atlas of the World's Languages	7-41	Chris Moseley and Ron Asher	Routledge	London		Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco	Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.			120,000		100000	In 1990 an estimated 115,000 people living on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona and northeastern New Mexico had fluency in Navajo, about 75% of the reservation population, to which must be added a somewhat lower percentage of the 12,000 to 15,000 Navajos living off-reservation. A conservative estimate of the total number of fluent speakers in 1990 would be about 120,000. In 2001, although the population has increased, the number of speakers is probably smaller.	At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado	The Navajo Nation in northern Arizona and northeastern New Mexico, and Navajos living off-reservation.
	2nd edition	2010	Endangered Languages of the United States	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing	108-130	Christopher Moseley	UNESCO	Paris		Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell	Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.												35.8044,-108.475
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			148,530		100000		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Diné Bizaad (Navajo)

Language metadata

Language information by source

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120,000

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

171,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

148,530

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~120,000

Discussion

Diné Bizaad (Navajo)

Language metadata

Language information by source

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120,000

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

171,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120,000

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

148,530

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~120,000

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