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Countries

Countries

South Africa
United States of America

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
United States of America

Second Language

Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
North America

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts

  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  • 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

Dutch Language
Apache Language

Derived From

Dutch Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3236
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1512
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1734
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
Yá'át'ééh

Thank You

Dankie
Ahéhee'

How Are You?

Hoe gaan dit
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?

Good Night

goeie nag
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'

Good Evening

Goeienaand
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní

Good Afternoon

Goeie middag
Yá'át'ééh

Good Morning

goeie more
Yá'át'ééh abíní

Please

asseblief
T'aa shoodi

Sorry

jammer
Nízhdził

Bye

Totsiens
Hágoónee’

I Love You

Ek het jou lief
Ayóó ánííníshí

Excuse Me

Verskoon my
Shoohá

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kaapse Afrikaans
Navajo1

Where They Speak

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Arizona

How Many People Speak

7,700,000.00170,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Oranjeriverafrikaans
Navajo2

Where They Speak

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New Mexico

How Many People Speak

7,700,000.00170,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Baster Afrikaans
Navajo3

Where They Speak

Namibia
Utah

How Many People Speak

7.00120,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

34
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

19.00 million1.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.10 million1.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.30 million0.17 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Afrikaans
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí

Alternative Names

Cape Dutch
Navaho

French Name

afrikaans
navaho

German Name

Afrikaans
Navajo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]

Ethnicity

Afrikaners
Navajo people

History

Origin

17th Century
1500 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Athapascan

Branch

Western
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Afrikaans
Navajo

Language Position

2329
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Navajo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

af
nv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

afr
nav

ISO 639 2/B

afr
nav

ISO 639 3

afr
nav

ISO 639 6

afrs
nav

Glottocode

afri1274
nava1243

Linguasphere

52-ACB-ba
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic

Afrikaans and Navajo Alphabets

Afrikaans and Navajo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Afrikaans and Navajo. In Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Navajo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Afrikaans and Navajo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Afrikaans and Navajo languages. The Afrikaans phonology consist Afrikaans vowels and Afrikaans consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Afrikaans greetings vs Navajo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Afrikaans and Navajo are Most Spoken Languages.

All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Navajo dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Navajo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Navajo Dialects are spoken in different Navajo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Navajo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Navajo dialects include: Navajo1 , Navajo2. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Afrikaans and Navajo Speaking population

Afrikaans and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 %. 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 Afrikaans and Navajo on Afrikaans vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Navajo Language Codes

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