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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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