Navajo

== English == === Alternative forms === Navaho === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish navajo, from Tewa navahu (“field adjoining an arroyo”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnæ.və.həʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnæ.və.hoʊ/, /ˈnɑ.və.hoʊ/, (contracted) /ˈnæ.voʊ/ Hyphenation: Na‧va‧jo === Noun === Navajo (plural Navajo or Navajos or Navajoes) A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America. Synonym: (derogatory) Tavasuh ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Navajo 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). An Amerindian people who traditionally speak the Navajo language. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Athabaskan languages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Southern Athabaskan languages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Na-Dené languages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Wiktionary’s coverage of Navajo terms ==== Further reading ==== ISO 639-1 code nv, ISO 639-3 code nav (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Navajo, nav ⁠