Countries
United States of America
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
United States of America
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
North America
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Apache Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3431
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Yá'át'ééh
Selam
Thank You
Ahéhee'
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
i'ndemin adäru
Please
T'aa shoodi
i'bakwon
Sorry
Nízhdził
aznallehu
Bye
Hágoónee’
tschao
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Shoohá
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Navajo1
Gondar
Where They Speak
Arizona
Gondar
How Many People Speak
170,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Navajo2
Gojjami
Where They Speak
New Mexico
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
170,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Navajo3
Showa
Where They Speak
Utah
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
120,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million18.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.17 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Navaho
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
navaho
amharique
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Navajo people
Amharas
Origin
1500 CE
13th century
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Athapascan
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Navajo
Amharic
Language Position
2955
1
120
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Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
nv
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nav
amh
ISO 639 2/B
nav
amh
ISO 639 3
nav
amh
ISO 639 6
nav
amh
Glottocode
nava1243
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
Fusional