Navajo code-talkers

Tim May comments:

>According to an episode of "The X Files," which dealt with Navajo
>code-talkers, the answer is that young Navajo men are losing their
>fluency in Navajo, especially of the nuances and double entendres
>that code-talkers relied upon. (For those who scoff at using a
>television show as a source, writers for shows like this often do
>more interesting research than, say, the average encyclopedia
>article will report.)

 Navajo also has something now it didn't have before WWII, a
written language, and I believe a rudimentary dictionary.

Brian

Brian:

On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Brian D Williams wrote:

>  Navajo also has something now it didn't have before WWII, a
> written language, and I believe a rudimentary dictionary.

	A couple of grammers, and three or four dictionaries.
	And classes are offered in it, by at least two colleges
	in the US.  

	<< It's one of the status languages to study, if you are
	a new ager --- along with Ancient Mayan, linear B and
	Egyptian Hieroglyphics.  >> 

        xan

        jonathon
        grafolog@netcom.com