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Navajo and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
United States of America  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
United States of America  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
North America  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
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Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Apache Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
34  
24

Scripts
Cyrillic  
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Yá'át'ééh  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Ahéhee'  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Yá'át'ééh  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Yá'át'ééh abíní  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
T'aa shoodi  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Nízhdził  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Hágoónee’  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Ayóó ánííníshí  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Shoohá  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Navajo1  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Arizona  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
170,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Navajo2  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
New Mexico  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
170,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Navajo3  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Utah  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
120,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
1.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
1.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
0.17 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Navaho  

French Name
russe  
navaho  

German Name
Russisch  
Navajo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈnævəhoʊ]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Navajo people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1500 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Dené–Yeniseian Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Athapascan  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Navajo  

Language Position
7  
7
29  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Navajo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
nv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
nav  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
nav  

ISO 639 3
rus  
nav  

ISO 639 6
rus  
nav  

Glottocode
russ1263  
nava1243  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic  

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

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Russian and Navajo Speaking population

Russian and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Navajo on Russian vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Navajo Language Codes

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

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