Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
-
Balochi Academy, 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4834
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
128
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3626
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
42 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ke aal aee
Salam
Thank You
dhanwaad
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji
chone tao?
Good Night
shub ratri
jawáin shap
Good Evening
shub ratri
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
शुभ अपराह्न
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
su prabat
jawáin sawáh
Please
kripya
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
changa ji pher
bye
I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Jaunsari
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
100,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kullu
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
110,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hinduri
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
30,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.30 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
डोगरी
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
Baluchi
French Name
dogri
baloutchi
German Name
Dogri
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Dogras
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1971
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Dogri
Balochi
Language Position
3239
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Dogri
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
doi
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
doi
bal
ISO 639 2/B
doi
bal
ISO 639 3
doi
bal
ISO 639 6
doi
bal
Glottocode
indo1311
balo1260
Linguasphere
59-AAA
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-