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Countries

Countries

United States of America
Japan

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

United States of America
Japan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

North America
Asia, Pacific

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau

Regulated By

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Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education

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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Apache Language
Korean Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3699
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3414
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Kana

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

25
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Yá'át'ééh
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)

Thank You

Ahéhee'
ありがとう (Arigatō)

How Are You?

Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)

Good Night

Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)

Good Evening

Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
こんばんは (Konbanwa)

Good Afternoon

Yá'át'ééh
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)

Good Morning

Yá'át'ééh abíní
おはよう (Ohayō)

Please

T'aa shoodi
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)

Sorry

Nízhdził
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)

Bye

Hágoónee’
さようなら (Sayōnara)

I Love You

Ayóó ánííníshí
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)

Excuse Me

Shoohá
すみません (Sumimasen)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Navajo1
Sanuki

Where They Speak

Arizona
Kagawa

How Many People Speak

170,000.001,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Navajo2
Hakata

Where They Speak

New Mexico
Fukuoka

How Many People Speak

170,000.00127,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Navajo3
Kansai

Where They Speak

Utah
kansai

How Many People Speak

120,000.00127,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

431
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.70 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.70 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.17 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
日本語

Alternative Names

Navaho
Nihongo

French Name

navaho
japonais

German Name

Navajo-Sprache
Japanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈnævəhoʊ]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]

Ethnicity

Navajo people
Japanese (Yamato)

History

Origin

1500 CE
1185

Language Family

Dené–Yeniseian Family
Japonic Family

Subgroup

Athapascan
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese

Standard Forms

Navajo
Japanese

Language Position

298
1 120
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Signed Forms

Navajo Sign Language
Signed Japanese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

nv
ja

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nav
jpn

ISO 639 2/B

nav
jpn

ISO 639 3

nav
jpn

ISO 639 6

nav
jpn

Glottocode

nava1243
nucl1643

Linguasphere

No data available
45-CAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic

Navajo and Japanese Alphabets

Navajo and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Navajo and Japanese. In Navajo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Navajo and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Navajo and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Navajo and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Navajo and Japanese Speaking population

Navajo and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Navajo and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Navajo and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Navajo vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Navajo and Japanese Language Codes

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