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Navajo
Navajo

Xhosa
Xhosa



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Countries

Countries

United States of America
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

United States of America
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

North America
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho

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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

Similar To

Apache Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3653
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1210
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3443
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

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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Greetings

Hello

Yá'át'ééh
Molo

Thank You

Ahéhee'
Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Unjani

Good Night

Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

Yá'át'ééh
Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

Yá'át'ééh abíní
Molo

Please

T'aa shoodi
Ndicela

Sorry

Nízhdził
Ndicela uxolo

Bye

Hágoónee’
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

Ayóó ánííníshí
Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

Shoohá
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Navajo1
Gcaleka

Where They Speak

Arizona
South Africa

How Many People Speak

170,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Navajo2
Thembu

Where They Speak

New Mexico
South Africa

How Many People Speak

170,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Navajo3
Hlubi

Where They Speak

Utah
South Africa

How Many People Speak

120,000.0019.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

49
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.70 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.70 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.17 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Navaho
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

navaho
xhosa

German Name

Navajo-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈnævəhoʊ]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Navajo people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

1500 CE
16th Century

Language Family

Dené–Yeniseian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Athapascan
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Navajo
isiXhosa

Language Position

2921
1 120
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Signed Forms

Navajo Sign Language
Signed Xhosa

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

nv
xh

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nav
xho

ISO 639 2/B

nav
xho

ISO 639 3

nav
xho

ISO 639 6

nav
xho

Glottocode

nava1243
xhos1239

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
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Navajo and Xhosa Alphabets

Navajo and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Navajo and Xhosa. In Navajo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Navajo and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Navajo and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Navajo and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Navajo and Xhosa Speaking population

Navajo and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Navajo and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Navajo and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Navajo vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Navajo and Xhosa Language Codes

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