Langenesis

Na-Dene family

Navajo

c. 1400 CE – today Living

Navajo (c. 1400 CE – today) is a living Na-Dene language. Lineage: Proto-Na-Dene → Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak → Proto-Athabaskan → Proto-Apachean → Navajo.

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Speakers
170K (170,000)
ISO 639-3
nav
Glottocode
nava1243

Western Apachean. The most spoken Native American language north of Mexico; famous for the WWII code talkers.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Na-Denec. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Athabaskan-Eyakc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
  3. Proto-Athabaskanc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  4. Proto-Apacheanc. 1000 CE – 1400 CE
  5. Navajoc. 1400 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Apachean.

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