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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

United States of America

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

United States of America

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

North America

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Not Available

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Apache Language

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

36
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

12
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

34
Rank: 24 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Yá'át'ééh

3.2 Thank You

Ahéhee'

3.3 How Are You?

Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?

3.4 Good Night

Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'

3.5 Good Evening

Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní

3.6 Good Afternoon

Yá'át'ééh

3.7 Good Morning

Yá'át'ééh abíní

3.8 Please

T'aa shoodi

3.9 Sorry

Not available

3.10 Bye

Hágoónee’

3.11 I Love You

Ayóó ánííníshí

3.12 Excuse Me

Shoohá

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Navajo1

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Arizona

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Navajo2

4.2.1 Where They Speak

New Mexico

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Navajo3

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Utah

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

1.70 million
Rank: 83 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

1.70 million
Rank: 78 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Navaho

5.3.4 French Name

navaho

5.3.5 German Name

Navajo-Sprache

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Navajo people

6 History

6.1 Origin

1500 CE

6.2 Language Family

Dené–Yeniseian Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Athapascan

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Navajo

6.3.3 Language Position

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Navajo Sign Language

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

nv

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

nav

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

nav

7.3 ISO 639 3

nav

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

nava1243

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic

Origin of Navajo language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Navajo language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Navajo language states that it was put to use in 1500 CE. The history of Navajo language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Navajo Language History. Navajo has no early forms. Navajo is the standard form of Navajo language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Navajo Language.

Navajo population

Navajo population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Navajo language. Navajo language is spoken by 1.70 million people in the world. Most of the Navajo population lies in the Navajo Speaking Countries. Navajo language is spoken as first language by 1.70 million people and no total count of people speaking Navajo as second language. Get to know Navajo speaking population in detail.

Navajo writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Navajo writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Navajo language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Navajo language. Learn more about . 

Information about Navajo language

Check out all the information about Navajo language here. You may find it interesting to learn Navajo Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Navajo Speaking Countries, Navajo speaking continents and Navajo Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Navajo countries knowing common Navajo Greetings will help you in communicating with Navajo people.