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Dogri and Chewa


Chewa and Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Malawi, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
-  
Zambia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Zulu language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
18  
8

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
42 weeks  
16
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee  
Moni  

Thank You
dhanwaad  
Zikomo  

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji  
Muli bwanji?  

Good Night
shub ratri  
Usiku wabwino  

Good Evening
shub ratri  
Madzulo abwino  

Good Afternoon
शुभ अपराह्न  
Masana abwino  

Good Morning
su prabat  
M'mawa wabwino  

Please
kripya  
Chonde  

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  
pepani  

Bye
changa ji pher  
anatsanzikana  

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  
Ndimakukondani  

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf  
Pepani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Kullu  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Hinduri  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Malawi, Zambia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.30 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
डोगरी  
Nyanja  

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  

French Name
dogri  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  

German Name
Dogri  
Nyanja-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈd̪oːɡri]  
[ˈtʃewa]  

Ethnicity
Dogras  
Chewa people  

History

Origin
1971  
15th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dogri  
Chewa  

Language Position
32  
30
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Dogri  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
doi  
ny  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
doi  
nya  

ISO 639 2/B
doi  
nya  

ISO 639 3
doi  
nya  

ISO 639 6
doi  
nya  

Glottocode
indo1311  
nyan1308  

Linguasphere
59-AAA  
99-AUS-xaa – xag  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Dogri and Chewa Speaking population

Dogri and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dogri and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Dogri and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dogri language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Dogri vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dogri and Chewa Language Codes

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

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