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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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