Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
United States of America
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
United States of America
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
North America
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
Ahéhee'
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Please
Please
  
T'aa shoodi
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
Not available
  
Bye
Bye
  
Hágoónee’
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
Shoohá
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Navajo1
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Arizona
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Navajo2
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
New Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Navajo3
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Utah
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
1.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
Not Available
  
Native Name
English
  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Navaho
  
French Name
anglais
  
navaho
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Navajo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Navajo people
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
1500 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Athapascan
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Navajo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Navajo Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
nv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
nav
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
nav
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
nav
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
nava1243
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic