Countries
United States of America
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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 large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Apache Language
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
bitte
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
navaho
  
allemand
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Germans
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Navajo and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and German language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs German Difficulty
The Navajo vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.