Countries
United States of America
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
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.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Apache Language
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
Not available
  
آسف
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
452.00 million
  
4
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
navaho
  
arabe
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Arabs
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Navajo and Arabic 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 Navajo and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Arabic language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs Arabic Difficulty
The Navajo vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo Alphabets and Arabic 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 Navajo and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.