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Nepali and Navajo


Navajo and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
United States of America  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
United States of America  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
North America  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Apache Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
36  
26
34  
24

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Yá'át'ééh  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Ahéhee'  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Yá'át'ééh  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Yá'át'ééh abíní  

Please
कृपया  
T'aa shoodi  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Nízhdził  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Hágoónee’  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Ayóó ánííníshí  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Shoohá  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Navajo1  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Arizona  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
170,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Navajo2  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
New Mexico  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
170,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Navajo3  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Utah  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
120,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Navaho  

French Name
népalais  
navaho  

German Name
Nepali  
Navajo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[ˈnævəhoʊ]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Navajo people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1500 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dené–Yeniseian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Athapascan  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Navajo  

Language Position
59  
99+
29  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Navajo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
nv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
nav  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
nav  

ISO 639 3
npi  
nav  

ISO 639 6
nep  
nav  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
nava1243  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic  

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

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Nepali and Navajo Speaking population

Nepali and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 %. 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 Nepali and Navajo on Nepali vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Navajo Language Codes

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