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