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Dogri and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India  
South Africa  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
-  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
15  
12

How Many Consonants
36  
26
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
42 weeks  
16
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee  
hallo  

Thank You
dhanwaad  
Dankie  

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
shub ratri  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
shub ratri  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
शुभ अपराह्न  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
su prabat  
goeie more  

Please
kripya  
asseblief  

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  
jammer  

Bye
changa ji pher  
Totsiens  

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

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India  
-  

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

Dialect 2
Kullu  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  
-  

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

Dialect 3
Hinduri  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Namibia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.30 million  
99+
10.30 million  
40

Native Name
डोगरी  
Afrikaans  

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

French Name
dogri  
afrikaans  

German Name
Dogri  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[ˈd̪oːɡri]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Dogras  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
1971  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Dogri  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
32  
30
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Dogri  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
doi  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
doi  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
doi  
afr  

ISO 639 3
doi  
afr  

ISO 639 6
doi  
afrs  

Glottocode
indo1311  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
59-AAA  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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

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Dogri and Afrikaans Speaking population

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

Dogri and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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