“We hope that using our language in perseverance missions will inspire many of our new young navigators to understand the importance and significance of learning our language. Our words were used to help us win World War II, and now we are helping to explore.” “And learn more about Mars,” Nez said in a statement.
The team already has a list of 50 strengths (“bidzil”) and “respect” (“ho nil”). The same diligence is translated as “hahani”.
Drata had to “teach” the language so that he could recognize the landmarks labeled in Navajo. The pronunciation symbols used to express the unique language of the Navajo language in the English alphabet cannot be read by computer languages that use perseverance. So the team is using English letters without special letters or punctuation to represent Navajo words, the statement said.
“This lucky landing on Mars has been a special opportunity not only to inspire the Navajo youth through amazing scientific and engineering feats, but also to incorporate our language in such a meaningful way,” said Aaron Yazzy, the team’s Navajo engineer. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
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