Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
United States of America
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Apache Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Ahéhee'
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
T'aa shoodi
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Not available
  
Bye
tschao
  
Hágoónee’
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Shoohá
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Navajo1
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Arizona
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Navajo2
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
New Mexico
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Navajo3
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Utah
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
1.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Navaho
  
French Name
amharique
  
navaho
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Navajo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Navajo people
  
Origin
13th century
  
1500 CE
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Athapascan
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Navajo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Navajo Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
nv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
nav
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
nav
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
nav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
nava1243
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Amharic and Navajo Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Amharic and Navajo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Navajo language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Navajo word for "Thank You" is Ahéhee'. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Navajo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Navajo Difficulty
The Amharic vs Navajo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Navajo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Amharic and Navajo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Navajo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Navajo time required is 88 weeks.