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English and Navajo


Countries

Countries
United States of America   
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   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
United States of America   
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   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Apache Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
34   
24
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Yá'át'ééh   
Hello   

Thank You
Ahéhee'   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?   
How are you?   

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

Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní   
Good Morning   

Please
T'aa shoodi   
Please   

Sorry
Not available   
Sorry   

Bye
Hágoónee’   
Bye   

I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Shoohá   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navajo1   
American English   

Where They Speak
Arizona   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Navajo2   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
New Mexico   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Navajo3   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Utah   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí   
English   

Alternative Names
Navaho   
Not Available   

French Name
navaho   
anglais   

German Name
Navajo-Sprache   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Navajo people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1500 CE   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Athapascan   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Navajo   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nv   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nav   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
nav   
eng   

ISO 639 3
nav   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
nava1243   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Navajo and English Speaking population

Navajo and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Navajo and English languages can be compared. The total count of Navajo and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Navajo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Navajo vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Navajo and English Language Codes

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

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