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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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