Countries
United States of America
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
United States of America
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
North America
Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Apache Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
128
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3429
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Yá'át'ééh
Silaw
Thank You
Ahéhee'
Sipas
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Bayanit bash
Please
T'aa shoodi
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Nízhdził
Bibûre
Bye
Hágoónee’
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Shoohá
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Navajo1
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Arizona
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
170,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Navajo2
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
New Mexico
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
170,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Navajo3
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Utah
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
120,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.31 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.17 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Navaho
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
navaho
kurde
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Navajo people
Kurds
Origin
1500 CE
16th century CE
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Athapascan
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Navajo
Kurdish
Language Position
2914
1
120
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Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
nv
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nav
kur
ISO 639 2/B
nav
kur
ISO 639 3
nav
kur
ISO 639 6
nav
kur
Glottocode
nava1243
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
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