Editing Languages of the United States (section)

====Navajo====
{{Main|Navajo language}}
According to the 2000 Census and other language surveys, the largest Native American language-speaking community by far is the Navajo. [[Navajo language|Navajo]] is an [[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]] language of the [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené family]], with 178,000 speakers, primarily in the states of [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], and [[Utah]]. Altogether, Navajo speakers make up more than 50% of all Native American language speakers in the United States. [[Western Apache language|Western Apache]], with 12,500 speakers, also mostly in Arizona, is closely related to Navajo but not mutually intelligible with it. Navajo and other Athabaskan languages in the Southwest are relative outliers; most other Athabascan languages are spoken in the [[Pacific Northwest]] and [[Alaska]]. Navajo has struggled to keep a healthy speaker base, although this problem has been alleviated to some extent by extensive education programs on the [[Navajo Nation]], including a Navajo language immersion school in [[Fort Defiance, Arizona]].