The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
| Population | 148,530 speakers including 7,616 monolinguals (1990 census) out of 219,198 ethnic Navaho (1990 USA Census Bureau). |
| Region | Northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, southeastern Utah, and a few in Colorado. |
| Alternate names | DINÉ, NAVAHO |
| Classification | Na-Dene, Nuclear Na-Dene, Athapaskan-Eyak, Athapaskan, Apachean, Navajo-Apache, Western Apache-Navajo. |
| Comments | Vigorous. But mother tongue speakers among first graders are 30% versus 90% in 1968 (1998 N.Y. Times, April 9, p. A20). The people prefer the name 'Dine.' Bible 1985. |
