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Swahili
Swahili

Navajo
Navajo



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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
United States of America

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
United States of America

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
North America

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • 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

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Apache Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2436
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

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

32
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Yá'át'ééh

Thank You

Asante
Ahéhee'

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
Yá'át'ééh

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Yá'át'ééh abíní

Please

tafadhali
T'aa shoodi

Sorry

pole
Nízhdził

Bye

bye
Hágoónee’

I Love You

nakupenda
Ayóó ánííníshí

Excuse Me

Samahani
Shoohá

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Navajo1

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Arizona

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Navajo2

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
New Mexico

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00170,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Navajo3

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Utah

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00120,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

124
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million1.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million1.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million0.17 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Navaho

French Name

swahili
navaho

German Name

Swahili
Navajo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Navajo people

History

Origin

6th century
1500 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Athapascan

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Swahili
Navajo

Language Position

2129
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
nv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
nav

ISO 639 2/B

swa
nav

ISO 639 3

swa
nav

ISO 639 6

swa
nav

Glottocode

swah1254
nava1243

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic

Swahili and Navajo Alphabets

Swahili and Navajo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Navajo. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Navajo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Swahili and Navajo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Navajo languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Navajo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Navajo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Navajo Speaking population

Swahili and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % 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 Swahili and Navajo on Swahili vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Navajo Language Codes

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