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Chinese and Navajo


Countries

Countries
United States of America  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
United States of America  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
North America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Apache Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
24  
19

How Many Consonants
34  
24
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Yá'át'ééh  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Ahéhee'  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
T'aa shoodi  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Not available  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Hágoónee’  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Shoohá  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navajo1  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Arizona  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Navajo2  
Wu  

Where They Speak
New Mexico  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Navajo3  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Utah  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Navaho  
Not Available  

French Name
navaho  
chinois  

German Name
Navajo-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Navajo people  
Han  

History

Origin
1500 CE  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Athapascan  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Navajo  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nv  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nav  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
nav  
chi  

ISO 639 3
nav  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nava1243  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Navajo and Chinese 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 Navajo and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Navajo and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Navajo are spoken in different Navajo Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Navajo vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Navajo dialects include: Navajo1, Navajo2. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Navajo and Chinese Speaking population

Navajo and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Navajo and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Navajo and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Navajo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Navajo and Chinese on Navajo vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Navajo and Chinese Language Codes

Navajo and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Navajo and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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