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Afrikaans and Dogri


Dogri and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Jammu and Kashmir, India  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
-  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
  • Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
12  
9

How Many Consonants
17  
7
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
42 weeks  
16

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Ke aal aee  

Thank You
Dankie  
dhanwaad  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
kiyaan oo ji  

Good Night
goeie nag  
shub ratri  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
shub ratri  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
शुभ अपराह्न  

Good Morning
goeie more  
su prabat  

Please
asseblief  
kripya  

Sorry
jammer  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  

Bye
Totsiens  
changa ji pher  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
gustakhi maaf  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Jaunsari  

Where They Speak
-  
Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Kullu  

Where They Speak
-  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
110,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Hinduri  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
2.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Afrikaans  
डोगरी  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  

French Name
afrikaans  
dogri  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Dogri  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[ˈd̪oːɡri]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Dogras  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1971  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Dogri  

Language Position
23  
21
32  
30

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Signed Dogri  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
doi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
doi  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
doi  

ISO 639 3
afr  
doi  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
doi  

Glottocode
afri1274  
indo1311  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
59-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
-  

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All Afrikaans and Dogri 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 Afrikaans and Dogri dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Dogri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Dogri Dialects are spoken in different Dogri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Dogri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Dogri dialects include: Jaunsari , Kullu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Dogri Speaking population

Afrikaans and Dogri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Dogri languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Dogri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dogri language is 0.02 %. 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 Afrikaans and Dogri on Afrikaans vs Dogri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Dogri Language Codes

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

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