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Navajo and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
United States of America  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
United States of America  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
North America  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Apache Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200  
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
34  
24

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Yá'át'ééh  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Ahéhee'  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Yá'át'ééh  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Yá'át'ééh abíní  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
T'aa shoodi  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Not available  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Hágoónee’  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Ayóó ánííníshí  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Shoohá  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Navajo1  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Arizona  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Navajo2  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
New Mexico  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Navajo3  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Utah  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Navaho  

French Name
chinois  
navaho  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Navajo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Navajo people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
1500 CE  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Dené–Yeniseian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Athapascan  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Navajo  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Navajo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
nv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
nav  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
nav  

ISO 639 3
zho  
nav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
nava1243  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic  

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All Chinese and Navajo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Navajo dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Navajo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Navajo Dialects are spoken in different Navajo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Navajo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Navajo dialects include: Navajo1 , Navajo2. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Navajo Speaking population

Chinese and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Navajo on Chinese vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Navajo Language Codes

Chinese and Navajo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Navajo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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