Diné Bizaad Bínáhoo'aah Navajo language textbooks

Spring 2027 Navajo Language Classes

Diné Bizaad

Navajo Language Courses • Spring 2027

14
Colleges & universities
40
Courses
5
States + online

Thinking about learning Diné Bizaad this spring? Here is our roundup of Navajo language courses offered at colleges and universities for the Spring 2027 semester, from beginning conversation classes to Navajo literacy, medical terminology, and the Navajo verb system. Contact each school directly to register; schedules can change, so confirm days, times, and instructors with the registrar.

Arizona New Mexico Utah Colorado California Online

Arizona

NAV 102 First Year Navajo II
Jerry Kien
NAV 202 Second Year Navajo II
Jerry Kien
AIS 104B Beginning Navajo
Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
AIS 204B Intermediate Navajo
Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
NAV 102 Beginning Navajo II (online)
Jerry Kien
Phoenix College
Phoenix
NAV 101 Elementary Navajo I (live online)
Diné College
Tsaile and other campus locations
NAV 101 Navajo as a Second Language I
Thomas Littleben, Leigh A. Toadlena, Roger P. Benally
NAV 102 Navajo as a Second Language II
Roger P. Benally
NAV 140 Introduction to Navajo Public Speaking (online)
Jeston Morris
NAV 201 Intermediate Navajo as a Second Language III
Roger P. Benally
NAV 202 Advanced Intermediate Navajo as a Second Language IV
Roger P. Benally
NAV 211 Navajo Literacy I
Roger P. Benally
NAV 212 Navajo Literacy and Grammar II
NAV 231 Medical Terminology of the Navajo
Thomas Littleben
NAVA 1110 Introduction to Navajo Language Conversation
Louise Tohtsonie

New Mexico

NAVA 1110 Navajo I
J. Morgan
NAVA 1130 Beginning Navajo Reading and Writing
J. Morgan
NAV 250 Introduction to Navajo Linguistics
S. Bia
NAV 301 Intermediate Navajo Language, Conversation and Reading
J. Morgan
NAVA 1120 Navajo II
Jalon Begay
NAVA 2120 Intermediate Navajo II
Jalon Begay
NAVA 312 Navajo Verb System II
Jalon Begay
NAVA 401 Navajo Linguistics
Jalon Begay
NAVA 501 Navajo Linguistics, graduate section
Jalon Begay
NAVA 512 Navajo Verb System II, graduate section
Jalon Begay
University of New Mexico
Online Program
NAVA 1110 Navajo I
Brenda Brown
NAVA 1120 Navajo II
Brenda Brown
NAVA 1110 Elementary Conversational Navajo
Carolene Whitman
NAVA 1150 Navajo Medical (online)
San Juan College
Farmington and Kirtland
NAVA 1110 Elementary Navajo I
Daniel Augustine, Lula M. Begay
NAVA 1120 Elementary Navajo II (online)
Daniel Augustine

Utah

Utah State University
Blanding, Logan, and statewide campuses
NAV 2030 Intermediate Navajo for Non-Native Speakers
Charlotta Lacy
NAVAJ 102 First-Year Navajo
Rena Dunn

Colorado

NAIS 125 Foundations of Diné Language

California

NVJOLANG 2 First-Year Navajo, Second Quarter (winter)
Jerry Kien
NVJOLANG 3 First-Year Navajo, Third Quarter (spring)
Jerry Kien

Online programs

Northland Pioneer College
Online Program
LAN 171 Navajo I
Sylvia Jackson
LAN 172 Navajo II
Sylvia Jackson
NAV 511 Navajo Verb System, graduate course
L. Denk
The American Academy
Online Program
NAV 110 Navajo Language

Teaching or studying Diné Bizaad this spring? 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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