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Navajo vs 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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Russian and Navajo Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Navajo language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Navajo language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Navajo language states that this language originated in 1500 CE. 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 Russian and Navajo Language History.

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Russian and Navajo 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 Russian and Navajo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Navajo language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Navajo word for "Thank You" is Ahéhee'. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Navajo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Russian vs Navajo Difficulty

The Russian vs Navajo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Navajo 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 Russian and Navajo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Navajo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Navajo time required is 88 weeks.

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