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Navajo vs Japanese


Japanese vs Navajo


Countries

Countries
United States of America  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
United States of America  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
North America  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Apache Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
34  
24
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Yá'át'ééh  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Ahéhee'  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
T'aa shoodi  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Not available  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Hágoónee’  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Shoohá  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navajo1  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Arizona  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Navajo2  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
New Mexico  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Navajo3  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Utah  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
1.70 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Navaho  
Not Available  

French Name
navaho  
japonais  

German Name
Navajo-Sprache  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Navajo people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
1500 CE  
1185  

Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Athapascan  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Navajo  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nv  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nav  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
nav  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
nav  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nava1243  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Navajo and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Navajo vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Navajo and Japanese language. History of Navajo language states that this language originated in 1500 CE whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Navajo and Japanese Language History.

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Navajo and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Japanese language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Navajo vs Japanese Difficulty

The Navajo vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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