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Countries

Countries

United States of America
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

United States of America
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

North America
Africa

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee

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

Similar To

Apache Language
Dutch Language

Derived From

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Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3632
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1215
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3417
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Yá'át'ééh
hallo

Thank You

Ahéhee'
Dankie

How Are You?

Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
goeie nag

Good Evening

Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

Yá'át'ééh
Goeie middag

Good Morning

Yá'át'ééh abíní
goeie more

Please

T'aa shoodi
asseblief

Sorry

Nízhdził
jammer

Bye

Hágoónee’
Totsiens

I Love You

Ayóó ánííníshí
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

Shoohá
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Navajo1
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Arizona
-

How Many People Speak

170,000.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Navajo2
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

New Mexico
-

How Many People Speak

170,000.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Navajo3
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Utah
Namibia

How Many People Speak

120,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

43
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.70 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.70 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.17 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

Navaho
Cape Dutch

French Name

navaho
afrikaans

German Name

Navajo-Sprache
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

[ˈnævəhoʊ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

Navajo people
Afrikaners

History

Origin

1500 CE
17th Century

Language Family

Dené–Yeniseian Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Athapascan
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Navajo
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

2923
1 120
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Signed Forms

Navajo Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

nv
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nav
afr

ISO 639 2/B

nav
afr

ISO 639 3

nav
afr

ISO 639 6

nav
afrs

Glottocode

nava1243
afri1274

Linguasphere

No data available
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
Analytic

Navajo and Afrikaans Alphabets

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

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

Navajo and Afrikaans Speaking population

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

Navajo and Afrikaans Language Codes

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