DenverPost.com - N.M. linguist wrote Navajo dictionaries

re: "Albuquerque - Linguist Robert Young, whose work with a Navajo linguist resulted in dictionaries of the native language, died Feb. 20. He was 94. /He became an adjunct linguistics professor at the University of New Mexico when he retired from the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1971. He taught Navajo language classes and was co-director of the Navajo Reading Study. /Young is known for his Navajo dictionary and lexicon work, including "The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary," published in 1980; "Analytical Lexicon of Navajo," 1990; and "The Navajo Verb System - An Overview," 2000. /Young's dictionary work came from a long collaboration with William Morgan, a Navajo linguist with whom he began working in the 1930s..."...