Countries
United States of America
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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.
  
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Apache Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
Not available
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
43.00 million
  
30
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
navaho
  
birman
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Modern Burmese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Navajo and Burmese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Navajo and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Burmese language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs Burmese Difficulty
The Navajo vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo Alphabets and Burmese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Navajo and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.