Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
United States of America
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Apache Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Navajo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Ahéhee'
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Yá'át'ééh
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Yá'át'ééh abíní
  
Please
tafadhali
  
T'aa shoodi
  
Sorry
pole
  
Not available
  
Bye
bye
  
Hágoónee’
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Ayóó ánííníshí
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Shoohá
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Navajo1
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Arizona
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Navajo2
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
New Mexico
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Navajo3
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Utah
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
1.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Navaho
  
French Name
swahili
  
navaho
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Navajo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Navajo people
  
Origin
6th century
  
1500 CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dené–Yeniseian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Athapascan
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Navajo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Navajo Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
nv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
nav
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
nav
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
nav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
nava1243
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
  
Swahili 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 Swahili and Navajo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Navajo language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Navajo word for "Thank You" is Ahéhee'. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Navajo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Navajo Difficulty
The Swahili vs Navajo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Navajo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Navajo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Navajo time required is 88 weeks.