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 in
Alphabets
3626
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3421
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
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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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
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
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Navajo3
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Utah
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
120,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.17 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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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