Navajo

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Proper noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 See also 1.4.3 External links

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Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Spanish, from Tewa navahu (“‘field adjoining an arroyo’”).

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• (UK) IPA: /ˈnæv.ə.həʊ/, SAMPA: /"n{v.@.h@U/

[edit] Noun

Navajo (plural Navajos)

1. A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.

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Singular Navajo

Plural -

Navajo

1. 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).

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• Athabaskan languages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Athabaskan languages
• Southern Athabaskan languages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Southern Athabaskan languages
• Na-Dené languages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Na-Dené languages
• Category:Navajo language for words in Navajo

[edit] External links

• ISO 639-1 code nv, ISO 639-3 code nav (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Navajo, nav