Countries
United States of America
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
United States of America
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
-
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Apache Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3640
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1221
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3419
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Yá'át'ééh
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Ahéhee'
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
T'aa shoodi
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Nízhdził
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Hágoónee’
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Shoohá
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Navajo1
Jeju
Where They Speak
Arizona
South Korea
How Many People Speak
170,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Navajo2
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
New Mexico
South Korea
How Many People Speak
170,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Navajo3
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Utah
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
120,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
412
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.17 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Navaho
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
navaho
coréen
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Navajo people
Koreans
Origin
1500 CE
Before 1st century
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Athapascan
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Navajo
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
2912
1
120
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Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
nv
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nav
kor
ISO 639 2/B
nav
kor
ISO 639 3
nav
Kor
ISO 639 6
nav
kor
Glottocode
nava1243
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
Agglutinative