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Navajo
Navajo

Somali
Somali



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Countries

Countries

United States of America
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

United States of America
Somalia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

North America
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen

Regulated By

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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

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.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

Similar To

Apache Language
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

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Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3626
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3421
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

25
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Yá'át'ééh
Hello

Thank You

Ahéhee'
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

Yá'át'ééh
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

Yá'át'ééh abíní
Subax wanaagsan

Please

T'aa shoodi
Fadlan

Sorry

Nízhdził
sorry

Bye

Hágoónee’
caraysiiyo

I Love You

Ayóó ánííníshí
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

Shoohá
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Navajo1
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Arizona
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

170,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Navajo2
Benaadir

Where They Speak

New Mexico
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

170,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Navajo3
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

Utah
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

120,000.0021.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

43
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.70 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.70 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.17 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

Navaho
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

navaho
somali

German Name

Navajo-Sprache
Somali

Pronunciation

[ˈnævəhoʊ]
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Navajo people
Somalis

History

Origin

1500 CE
19th century

Language Family

Dené–Yeniseian Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Athapascan
Cushitic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Navajo
Somali

Language Position

2983
1 120
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Signed Forms

Navajo Sign Language
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

nv
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nav
som

ISO 639 2/B

nav
som

ISO 639 3

nav
som

ISO 639 6

nav
som

Glottocode

nava1243
soma1255

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

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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Navajo and Somali Alphabets

Navajo and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Navajo and Somali. In Navajo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Navajo and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Navajo and Somali languages. The Navajo phonology consist Navajo vowels and Navajo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Navajo greetings vs Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Navajo and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Navajo and Somali Speaking population

Navajo and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Navajo and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Navajo and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Navajo and Somali on Navajo vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Navajo and Somali Language Codes

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