Countries
United States of America
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
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.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Apache Language
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
Not available
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
India, Nepal
  
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
navaho
  
népalais
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Nepali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Navajo and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Nepali language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs Nepali Difficulty
The Navajo vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.