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Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
United States of America

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

Somalia
United States of America

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa, Middle East
North America

Minority Language

Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Afar and Oromo Language
Apache Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2636
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

512
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2134
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

52
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Yá'át'ééh

Thank You

Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Ahéhee'

How Are You?

Sidee tahay ?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?

Good Night

Habeenka Good
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'

Good Evening

Evening Good
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
Yá'át'ééh

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
Yá'át'ééh abíní

Please

Fadlan
T'aa shoodi

Sorry

sorry
Nízhdził

Bye

caraysiiyo
Hágoónee’

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
Ayóó ánííníshí

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
Shoohá

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Somali
Navajo1

Where They Speak

Gabon, Standard Somali
Arizona

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Benaadir
Navajo2

Where They Speak

Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
New Mexico

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.00170,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Af-Ashraaf
Navajo3

Where They Speak

Standard Somali
Utah

How Many People Speak

21.00120,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

34
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million1.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million1.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million0.17 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

af Soomaali
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí

Alternative Names

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

French Name

somali
navaho

German Name

Somali
Navajo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[afsoomaali]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]

Ethnicity

Somalis
Navajo people

History

Origin

19th century
1500 CE

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family

Subgroup

Cushitic
Athapascan

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Somali
Navajo

Language Position

8329
1 120
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Signed Forms

Somali Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

so
nv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

som
nav

ISO 639 2/B

som
nav

ISO 639 3

som
nav

ISO 639 6

som
nav

Glottocode

soma1255
nava1243

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

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Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic

Somali and Navajo Alphabets

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

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

Somali and Navajo Speaking population

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

Somali and Navajo Language Codes

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