Countries
United States of America
  
Norway
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
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.
  
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
Similar To
Apache Language
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-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'
  
takk
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
god morgen
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
Not available
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
ha det
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Sogn
  
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Norsk
  
French Name
navaho
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Navajo and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Norwegian language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Navajo vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.