Countries
United States of America
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
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
-
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
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3632
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1215
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3417
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
Dialect 1
Navajo1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Arizona
-
How Many People Speak
170,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Navajo2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
New Mexico
-
How Many People Speak
170,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Navajo3
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Utah
Namibia
How Many People Speak
120,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.17 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
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