Diné Bizaad Bínáhoo'aah Navajo language textbooks

Fall 2026 Navajo Language Classes

Diné Bizaad

Navajo Language Courses • Fall 2026

14
Colleges & universities
33
Courses
5
States + online

Thinking about learning Diné Bizaad this fall? Here is our roundup of Navajo language courses offered at colleges and universities for the Fall 2026 semester, from first-semester conversation classes to Navajo literacy, medical terminology, and the Navajo verb system. Contact each school directly to register; schedules can change, so confirm days and times with the registrar.

Arizona New Mexico Utah Colorado California Online

Arizona

NAV 101 First Year Navajo
Jerry Kien
NAV 201 Second Year Navajo
Jerry Kien
AIS 104A Beginning Navajo
AIS 204A Intermediate Navajo
Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
NAV 101 Beginning Navajo I
Jerry Kien
Mesa Community College
Mesa (Dobson Campus)
NAV 101 Elementary Navajo I
Arlene Old Elk
Diné College
Tsaile
NAV 101 Navajo as a Second Language
Thomas Littleben, Leigh A. Toadlena, Roger Benally
NAV 102 Navajo as a Second Language
Thomas Littleben, Leigh A. Toadlena, Roger Benally
NAV 201 Intermediate Navajo as a Second Language
Roger Benally
NAV 202 Advanced Intermediate Navajo as a Second Language
Roger Benally
NAV 211 Navajo Literacy I
Roger P. Benally
NAV 212 Navajo Literacy & Grammar for Speakers
Roger Benally
NAV 231 Medical Terminology of the Navajo
NAVA 1110 Intro to Navajo Language Conversation
Louise Tohtsonie

New Mexico

NAVA 1110 Navajo I
Sharon Nelson
NAVA 1120 Navajo II
Sharon Nelson
NAVA 1110 Navajo I
NAVA 2110 Intermediate Navajo I
NVJO 311 Navajo Verb System I
Lorraine B. Manavi
NVJO 511 Navajo Verb System I, graduate section
Lorraine B. Manavi
University of New Mexico
Online Program
NAVA 1110 Navajo I
NAVA 1110 Elementary Conversational Navajo
Joe Kee, Carolene Whitman
San Juan College
Farmington
NAVA 1110 Elementary Navajo I
Daniel Augustine, Brenda A. Brown
NAVA 1120 Elementary Navajo II
Daniel Augustine

Utah

NAV 1030 Beginning Navajo for Non-Native Speakers
NAV 2030 Intermediate Navajo
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
NAVJO 201 Intermediate Navajo I
Clara Bedonie
NAVJO 7300 Graduate Language Study
Clara Bedonie

Colorado

NAIS 125 Foundations of Diné Language

California

NVJOLANG 1 First-Year Navajo, First Quarter
NVJOLANG 21 Second-Year Navajo, First Quarter
Jerry Kien

Online programs

Northland Pioneer College
Online Program
LAN 171-15 Navajo I
Sylvia A. Jackson
The American Academy
Online Program
NAV 110 Navajo Language, online

Teaching or studying Diné Bizaad this fall? Salina Bookshelf publishes the Diné Bizaad Bínáhoo’aah textbook series and a full shelf of Navajo-English bilingual readers used in many of these classrooms. Browse our textbooks and readers.

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