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
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Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Navajo2
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
New Mexico
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Navajo3
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Utah
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
nava1243
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Navajo and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and English language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs English Difficulty
The Navajo vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.