Navajo Language

Robert W. Young was professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and was an American linguist known for his pioneering work on the Navajo language in collaboration with Navajo scholar William Morgan. In July 1996, Young and Morgan were honored by the Navajo Nation Council for their work on the Navajo language. Young and Morgan collaborated on Analytical Lexicon of Navajo (UNMP).

[Robert Young and William Morgan] have made it possible to educate, communicate, inform, and entertain through the written Navajo language.-Navajo Tribal Council ""[The Navajo Language] is a unique contribution to American Indian linguistics and lexicography. [It is] a reference work of the highest quality, a book that is a rich resource for Navajo speakers, people learning to speak Navajo, and scholars interested in Navajo and Athabaskan linguistics.""-International Journal of American Linguistics