Countries
India, Pakistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4824
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3621
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
42 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ke aal aee
Habari
Thank You
dhanwaad
Asante
How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji
Habari gani?
Good Night
shub ratri
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
shub ratri
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
शुभ अपराह्न
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
su prabat
Habari za asubuhi
Please
kripya
tafadhali
Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
pole
Bye
changa ji pher
bye
I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
nakupenda
Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf
Samahani
Dialect 1
Jaunsari
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
100,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kullu
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
110,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hinduri
Kimgao
Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
30,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
812
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.00 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.30 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
डोगरी
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
dogri
swahili
German Name
Dogri
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Dogras
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1971
6th 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
Swahili
Language Position
3221
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Dogri
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
doi
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
doi
swa
ISO 639 2/B
doi
swa
ISO 639 3
doi
swa
ISO 639 6
doi
swa
Glottocode
indo1311
swah1254
Linguasphere
59-AAA
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-