Countries
United States of America
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Apache Language
  
French Language
  
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
  
hola
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Not available
  
triste
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
navaho
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic