The Navajo Language Academy - http://www.navajolanguageac... - is a non-profit educational organization comprised of linguists and language teachers who are devoted to the teaching, scientific ...
The Navajo Language Academy - http://www.navajolanguageacademy.org - is a non-profit educational organization comprised of linguists and language teachers who are devoted to the teaching, scientific study, and promotion of the Navajo language.
Language is at the heart of the human experience and is one of our most valuable cultural resources. For indigenous peoples, language represents an immediate link to our ancestors and is a crucial element in maintaining a cultural identity after centuries of conquest and assimilation. Although Navajo is one of the only North American indigenous languages with enough remaining speakers to potentially survive, it is today an endangered language that could easily become another casualty without sufficient resources and support. While most Navajo elders still speak Navajo, recent reports indicate that fewer than 10% of Navajo four-year-olds do. Navajo is not being passed to our youngest generation. At the current rate of attrition, our language is expected to be extinct in a few more generations. If this happens, it would mean that no indigenous language in the United States or Canada will have survived the European conquest and avoided becoming a dead language.
The Navajo Language Academy is working to preserve and promote the Navajo language. The NLA, comprised of Navajo linguists and language teachers with advanced training, vast experience and extreme dedication, offers intensive annual workshops on Navajo language pedagogy and linguistics. Growing enrollment in NLA workshops and the large number of articles and books authored or co-authored by NLA-affiliated Navajo linguists over the past decade give testament to the enthusiastic participation of the Navajo community. However, many interested Navajo educators -- including language, math, and science teachers -- are unable to attend the workshops because they cannot afford to.
Tax-deductible contributions to the Navajo Language Academy will allow the NLA to provide its training and support of Navajo teacher-scholars through scholarships and stipends and also allow us to bring our training workshops directly to Navajo teachers throughout the Navajo Nation during the school year.
Donations can be sent to: Navajo Language Academy PO Box 5411 Window Rock, AZ 86515
For more information, visit www.navajolanguageacademy.org
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i am 100% navajo and i dont really understand the language and dont remember my own clan . it only makes me fall asleep. the only language i know is english and hindi
how have u learned hindi .. i'm curious .. i cam e across this video researching the avatar movie ...and the moorish connection .. are u aware of the presence of moors in 7th century amerika google : 7th century islamic inscriptions nebraska there is a hindi(sanskrit) sloka in the inscriptions . can u guess what it is? i invite u to check out my playlist on law and its hidden elements. the system is on the verge of being decoded for everyone.. the second deluge is in sights
sorry i gave u a wrong link google : 7th Century Islamic inscriptions on Nevada rocks there are malaya connections as well which join up with the hindu king vikramaditya. google: MUSLIMS IN THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS for a ticket to hollywood check out user 111truth111 and google: pseudo occult media
Hey it's my old instructor Lorraine Legai, I can't believe she still has the same hair style, I like the white streaks. Thanks for encouraging me to learn my Diné Bizaad!
No language is "necessary" as they all change constantly ... it's a great tragedy when something as creative as human language dies. Obviously I cannot say that language shouldn't die, as languages do die, but that it is as tragic as losing someone close to you in your life—save that languages last longer than any one life.
There is a thing called beauty and that is conveyed through language—musical, spoken, etc.—and it is a great good thing.
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i'm curious ..
i cam e across this video researching the avatar movie ...and the moorish connection ..
are u aware of the presence of moors in 7th century amerika
google : 7th century islamic inscriptions nebraska
there is a hindi(sanskrit) sloka in the inscriptions .
can u guess what it is?
i invite u to check out my playlist on law
and its hidden elements.
the system is on the verge of being decoded for everyone..
the second deluge is in sights
google : 7th Century Islamic inscriptions on Nevada rocks
there are malaya connections as well which join up with the hindu king vikramaditya.
google: MUSLIMS IN THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS
for a ticket to hollywood
check out user 111truth111
and google: pseudo occult media
There is a thing called beauty and that is conveyed through language—musical, spoken, etc.—and it is a great good thing.