The Native American Code Japan Could Never Break In WWII – And Why The Men Behind It Were Ordered To Stay Silent
The gap between what was warranted and what was delivered is also worth acknowledging.
The Diné Language and What the War Did to It
The Code Talker program had consequences for the Diné language that were not all straightforward.
The most obvious consequence was positive: the program provided the most dramatic possible demonstration of the language’s value, a demonstration that has been invoked in language preservation and education advocacy ever since.
But the program also had more complicated effects.
The specific vocabulary developed for the code — the military terms, the substitution alphabet, the specialized usage of ordinary Navajo words in military contexts — was developed for a specific purpose and in a specific historical moment.
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