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== Language Information == | == Language Information == | ||
=== Navajo === | === Navajo === | ||
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| + | Navajo (Diné Bizaad) is an indigenous language of North America spoken in the southwestern United States, specifically, the areas that are now northeast Arizona, southwest Colorado, northwest New Mexico, and southeast Utah. This is currently where the majority of speakers reside, as the largest Navajo reservation is located within this area, known as the Four Corners Region. However, the Navajo Nation itself only spans across three of the four corners, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Navajo is also a registered language of the Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, spanning Arizona and California. It is an Athabaskan language and a member of the Na-Dené language family. It is further classified as Eyak-Athabaskan and Apachean. Its total speaker population is 167,000 and there are 7,600 monolingual speakers according to the 2015 census. In total, there are roughly 300,000 ethic Navajo people. Because of its declining speaker population, with only 30% of first graders in 1998 having it as their first language as compared to 90% in 1968, it is classified as a threatened language. However, some families retain immense use of the language. English is the most common language also used by speakers of Navajo and ethnic Navajo people. | ||
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=== Denaʼina === | === Denaʼina === | ||
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=== Jicarilla Apache === | === Jicarilla Apache === | ||
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Revision as of 17:24, 19 January 2022
Possible Pair
I'd love to work with anyone, regardless of their knowledge of either CS or linguistics! Personally, I have a very strong linguistics background, and I've taken CS021 here at Swarthmore, and I'm currently taking CS031. In addition, I have been progressing through a few online CS courses regarding JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and SQL, as well as other languages and technologies.
Languages for Class
I have an interest in the indigenous languages of the Americas, especially so the Athabaskan languages after having taken Structure of Navajo this past semester, so when looking over the suggestions for languages to work on, I found the following three particular interesting:
- Navajo
- Denaʼina
- Jicarilla Apache
Language Information
Morphological Typology
Information
Navajo (Diné Bizaad) is an indigenous language of North America spoken in the southwestern United States, specifically, the areas that are now northeast Arizona, southwest Colorado, northwest New Mexico, and southeast Utah. This is currently where the majority of speakers reside, as the largest Navajo reservation is located within this area, known as the Four Corners Region. However, the Navajo Nation itself only spans across three of the four corners, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Navajo is also a registered language of the Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, spanning Arizona and California. It is an Athabaskan language and a member of the Na-Dené language family. It is further classified as Eyak-Athabaskan and Apachean. Its total speaker population is 167,000 and there are 7,600 monolingual speakers according to the 2015 census. In total, there are roughly 300,000 ethic Navajo people. Because of its declining speaker population, with only 30% of first graders in 1998 having it as their first language as compared to 90% in 1968, it is classified as a threatened language. However, some families retain immense use of the language. English is the most common language also used by speakers of Navajo and ethnic Navajo people.
