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Navajo and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
United States of America   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
United States of America   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
North America   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Apache Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
34   
24

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Yá'át'ééh   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Ahéhee'   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Yá'át'ééh   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Yá'át'ééh abíní   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
T'aa shoodi   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Not available   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Hágoónee’   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Ayóó ánííníshí   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Shoohá   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Navajo1   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Arizona   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Navajo2   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
New Mexico   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Navajo3   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Utah   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
1.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
1.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Navaho   

French Name
russe   
navaho   

German Name
Russisch   
Navajo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Navajo people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1500 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Dené–Yeniseian Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Athapascan   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Navajo   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Navajo Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
nv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
nav   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
nav   

ISO 639 3
rus   
nav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
nava1243   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic   

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All Russian and Navajo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Navajo dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Navajo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Navajo Dialects are spoken in different Navajo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Navajo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Navajo dialects include: Navajo1 , Navajo2. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Navajo Speaking population

Russian and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Navajo on Russian vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Navajo Language Codes

Russian and Navajo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Navajo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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