Navajo (Diné)

Navajo (nv, nav) belongs to the Indigenous languages of the Americas. Wikidata records about 169.4K speakers. It is written in Latin script.

In the United States, 145,635 people aged 5+ speak Navajo at home (Census ACS), and 39,026 of them (27%) speak English less than "very well" — a key indicator of demand for Navajo translators and interpreters.

Rates for Navajo translation

Navajo falls in our lesser-diffused languages band: roughly $0.12–$0.28 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.

For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →

Where Navajo is spoken in the US, state by state →