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Chinese vs Navajo


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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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Chinese and Navajo Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Navajo language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Navajo language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Navajo language states that this language originated in 1500 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Navajo Language History.

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Chinese and Navajo Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chinese and Navajo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Navajo language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Navajo word for "Thank You" is Ahéhee'. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Navajo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Navajo Difficulty

The Chinese vs Navajo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Navajo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chinese and Navajo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Navajo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Navajo time required is 88 weeks.

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