Countries
United States of America
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Apache Language
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Not available
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
navaho
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
14
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Hausa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Navajo and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Hausa language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs Hausa Difficulty
The Navajo vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.