Navajo and Cantonese
Countries
United States of America
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
United States of America
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
North America
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
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Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Apache Language
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
你好吗？
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
晚安
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
下午好
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
早上好
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
我爱你
Dialect 1
Navajo1
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Arizona
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
New Mexico
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Navajo3
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Utah
Hong Kong
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Navaho
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
navaho
cantonais
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Navajo people
Han Chinese
Origin
1500 CE
17th century
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Navajo
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
nv
No data available
ISO 639 3
nav
No data available
Glottocode
nava1243
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
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All Navajo and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Navajo and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Navajo are spoken in different Navajo Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Navajo vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Navajo dialects include: Navajo1, Navajo2. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Navajo and Cantonese Speaking population
Navajo and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Navajo and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Navajo and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Navajo vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Navajo and Cantonese Language Codes
Navajo and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Navajo and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.