Countries
Japan
  
United States of America
  
National Language
Japan
  
United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
North America
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Apache Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Ahéhee'
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
T'aa shoodi
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Not available
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Hágoónee’
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Shoohá
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Navajo1
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Arizona
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Navajo2
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
New Mexico
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Navajo3
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Utah
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
1.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Navaho
  
French Name
japonais
  
navaho
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Navajo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Navajo people
  
Origin
1185
  
1500 CE
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Athapascan
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Navajo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Navajo Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
nv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
nav
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
nav
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
nav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
nava1243
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Japanese and Navajo Speaking population
Japanese and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Navajo on Japanese vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Navajo Language Codes
Japanese and Navajo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Navajo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.