Countries
Japan
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
North America
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Apache Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9936
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1434
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Nízhdził
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Hágoónee’
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Arizona
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Navajo3
Where They Speak
kansai
Utah
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
314
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Navaho
French Name
japonais
navaho
German Name
Japanisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Navajo people
Origin
1185
1500 CE
Language Family
Japonic Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
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Athapascan
Branch
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-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Navajo
Language Position
829
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
nav
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
nav
ISO 639 3
jpn
nav
ISO 639 6
jpn
nav
Glottocode
nucl1643
nava1243
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic