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Navajo language is disappearing in the U.S.
Xu Dezhi

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The Navajo language now has about 300,000 speakers, but still categorized as “vunerable” by UNICEF. 

The Navajo language was used by the U.S. military as code, which helped the country to win the battle in the Pacific during World War II. 

CGTN’s Xu Dezhi spoke with a Navajo language teacher about the history of the language and the challenges they are facing in preserving their language.

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