Countries
United States of America
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
United States of America
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
North America
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Apache Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Ahéhee'
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
T'aa shoodi
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Not available
  
sorry
  
Bye
Hágoónee’
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Shoohá
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Navajo1
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Arizona
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
Navajo2
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
New Mexico
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Navajo3
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Utah
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.70 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Navaho
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
navaho
  
somali
  
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Navajo people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
1500 CE
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Athapascan
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Navajo
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nv
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nav
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
nav
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
nav
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nava1243
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Navajo and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Navajo and Somali language. Navajo word for "Hello" is Yá'át'ééh or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Navajo Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Navajo vs Somali Difficulty
The Navajo vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Navajo Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Navajo and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Navajo is 88 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.