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Navajo vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
United States of America  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
1  
14

National Language
France  
United States of America  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
North America  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Apache Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
34  
24

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Yá'át'ééh  

Thank You
Merci  
Ahéhee'  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Yá'át'ééh  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Yá'át'ééh abíní  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
T'aa shoodi  

Sorry
désolé  
Not available  

Bye
au revoir  
Hágoónee’  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Ayóó ánííníshí  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Shoohá  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Navajo1  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Arizona  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 2
African French  
Navajo2  

Where They Speak
Africa  
New Mexico  

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Navajo3  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Utah  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Native Name
français  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí  

Alternative Names
Français  
Navaho  

French Name
français  
navaho  

German Name
Französisch  
Navajo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Navajo people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1500 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dené–Yeniseian Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Athapascan  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Navajo  

Language Position
13  
12
Not Available  

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Navajo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
nv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
nav  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
nav  

ISO 639 3
fra  
nav  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
nava1243  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic  

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French and Navajo Language History

Comparison of French vs Navajo language history gives us differences between origin of French and Navajo language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Navajo Language History.

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French 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 French and Navajo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Navajo language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Navajo word for "Thank You" is Ahéhee'. Find more of such common French Greetings and Navajo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

French vs Navajo Difficulty

The French vs Navajo difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Navajo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Navajo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Navajo time required is 88 weeks.

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