Countries
India, Pakistan
South Africa
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
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Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
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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 in
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 1
Jaunsari
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India
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Dialect 2
Kullu
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
-
Dialect 3
Hinduri
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
Namibia
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Dogri
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Signed Dogri
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
indo1311
afri1274
Linguasphere
59-AAA
52-ACB-ba
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
Dogri and Afrikaans 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 Dogri and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dogri and Afrikaans language. Dogri word for "Hello" is Ke aal aee or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Dogri Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dogri vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Dogri vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dogri Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Dogri and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dogri and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dogri is 42 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.