The Navajo Language Academy, Inc.is a non-profit educational organization devoted to the scientific study and promotion of the Navajo language. The NLA is a joint effort by professional language teachers and lingusits. The NLA has hosted Navajo linguistics workshops for scholars every summer since 1997.
Navajo Linguistics Workshops
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How is the NLA different from other organizations?The NLA does not duplicate the work of the Division of Diné Education, Diné College, or the Navajo Language Teachers Association. Like these organizations, we support Navajo language education. However, the NLA approach is to teach people how to do scientific research on the Navajo language, to discover the rules and principles underlying the grammar. Diné College offers undergraduate courses in speaking and writing Navajo and in using the Young & Morgan dictionary. Our work covers complicated areas of grammar that are beyond the scope of courses offered elsewhere. Our courses teach students how to apply the scientific method to language studies, allowing them to build analytical skills, something not emphasized at other institutions. |
The following groups of people attend the workshops
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Ken Hale left his materials on Navajo linguistics to the NLA. His wish was for them to be available to Navajo linguists and other scholars of the Navajo language. The collection is being archived at the McCabe Library on the campus of Swarthmore College. Unique materials are being made available for download at the archive's website. |
