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Dogri vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India  
India, Pakistan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
17  
14

How Many Consonants
36  
26
27  
17

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
42 weeks  
16
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
dhanwaad  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
shub ratri  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
shub ratri  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
शुभ अपराह्न  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
su prabat  
Hach ch'i  

Please
kripya  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
changa ji pher  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kullu  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
99+
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hinduri  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  
India  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.30 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
डोगरी  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
dogri  
kashmiri  

German Name
Dogri  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[ˈd̪oːɡri]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Dogras  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
1971  
12th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dogri  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
32  
30
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Dogri  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
doi  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
doi  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
doi  
kas  

ISO 639 3
doi  
kas  

ISO 639 6
doi  
kas  

Glottocode
indo1311  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
59-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Dogri and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Dogri vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Dogri and Kashmiri language. History of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971 whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri Language History.

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

Dogri vs Kashmiri Difficulty

The Dogri vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dogri Alphabets and Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dogri and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dogri is 42 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.

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