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Dogri vs Chewa


Chewa vs 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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Dogri and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Dogri vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Dogri and Chewa language. History of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971 whereas history of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dogri and Chewa Language History.

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Dogri and Chewa 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 Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dogri and Chewa language. Dogri word for "Hello" is Ke aal aee or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Dogri Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dogri vs Chewa Difficulty

The Dogri vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dogri Alphabets and Chewa 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 Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dogri and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dogri is 42 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is 32 weeks.

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