UNM Navajo Language Program

urages students to start using Navajo in their daily lives. The advanced courses encourage students to read and write, and to engage in research on the Navajo language. We offer a minor in Navajo Language for undergraduate students. Graduate students in the MA program in the Department of Linguistics can pursue a focus in Navajo with a concentration in Native American Languages of the Southwest. In addition to language instruction, the program has also made major contributions to the linguistic research of the Navajo language. This research includes expansive investigations on the lexicography, verbal semantics and syntax, and syntactic variation of Navajo. Some of our current projects include creating a corpus, developing a database of sound profiles, and investigating the first language acquisition of verbal syntax. Take the language placement exam at https://navajo.unm.edu/.