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When you get down to languages with fewer than 500,000 speakers (of which there are probably a few thousand in the world), only a handful appear on Google, including Latin, Esperanto and Hawaiian. The Native American language with the most speakers is Navajo, with about 150,000.
Does Google Translate support Native American languages?
Google Translate currently supports 109 languages, only one of them an indigenous language. But the app, which supports 109 languages, does not offer Cree or any of the other roughly 150 Indigenous languages spoken today in North America.
Is there an app to translate spoken language?
Download Microsoft Translator, an app that can live-translate speech and text, in real time. It recognizes speech in nine languages and written text in over 60 languages.
Is there a way to translate live?
The Google Translate app can translate dozens of languages, either through text or voice; just type, write, or speak into the app. It even allows you to point your smartphone at a sign or menu written in a foreign language to view a live translation. Here’s how to use both the Google Translate app and Google Assistant.
Useful phrases in Navajo English Diné Bizaad (Navajo) Easter greetings Nizhónígo Damóotsoh Birthday greetings Baa hózhǫ́ǫgo niʼdizhchį́ One language is never enough My hovercraft is full of eels
The language’s orthography, which was developed in the late 1930s after a series of prior attempts, is based on the Latin script. Most Navajo vocabulary is Athabaskan in origin, as the language has been conservative with loanwords since its early stages.
Are there any Navajo words that have been absorbed into English?
Only one Navajo word has been fully absorbed into the English language: hogan (from Navajo hooghan) – a term referring to the traditional houses. Another word with limited English recognition is chindi (an evil spirit of the deceased). [91]
What happened to the Navajo language during WW2?
Colonization and decline. In 1943 the men collaborated on The Navajo Language, a dictionary organized by the roots of the language. In World War II, the United States military used speakers of Navajo as code talkers – to transmit top-secret military messages over telephone and radio in a code based on Navajo.