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Navajo and Swahili


Swahili and Navajo


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
North America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Apache Language   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
34   
24
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Yá'át'ééh   
Habari   

Thank You
Ahéhee'   
Asante   

How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
T'aa shoodi   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Not available   
pole   

Bye
Hágoónee’   
bye   

I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Shoohá   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navajo1   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Arizona   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Navajo2   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
New Mexico   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Navajo3   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Utah   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.70 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Navaho   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
navaho   
swahili   

German Name
Navajo-Sprache   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Navajo people   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
1500 CE   
6th century   

Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Athapascan   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Navajo   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
nv   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nav   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
nav   
swa   

ISO 639 3
nav   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nava1243   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Navajo and Swahili Speaking population

Navajo and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Navajo and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Navajo and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Navajo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Swahili on Navajo vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Navajo and Swahili Language Codes

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

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