Question

A group that spoke this non-English language names the paradox that languages can be both similar enough to translate but different enough to be mutually unintelligible. This language is the most widely spoken that features classificatory verb stems based on whether the object is one of several types, including “Flat Flexible Object” and “Mushy Matter.” The only word in this language that has been fully absorbed into English is this language’s term for home, hooghan. Edward Sapir coined the name of a family whose most spoken language is this one by adding the prefix (*) “Na” to its endonym. (10[1])Almost half of all native language speakers in the United States speak this most-spoken Athabaskan language, which is mutually intelligible with Apachean (10[1])languages. For 10 points, speakers of what Native American language were employed as “code talkers” (10[1])in World War II? ■END■

ANSWER: Navajo language [or Diné bizaad, accept the Navajo code talkers; accept Na-Dene languages] (The first line refers to the code-talker paradox.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason GolfinosWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?Cry of the Common Loon9710
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsBerkeley11910
Michal GerasimiukStanford+number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku13410

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%116.67
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025Y3100%67%33%88.33
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025Y3100%33%0%102.00
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y5100%0%40%117.40
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%67%122.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%33%0%95.83
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%33%33%92.33