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Afrikaans vs Dogri


Dogri vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Jammu and Kashmir, India  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Not Available  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
12  
9

How Many Consonants
17  
7
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Ke aal aee  

Thank You
Dankie  
dhanwaad  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
kiyaan oo ji  

Good Night
goeie nag  
shub ratri  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
shub ratri  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Not Available  

Good Morning
goeie more  
su prabat  

Please
asseblief  
kripya  

Sorry
jammer  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  

Bye
Not Available  
changa ji pher  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
gustakhi maaf  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Jaunsari  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Kullu  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
110,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Hinduri  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
Not Available  

Native Name
Afrikaans  
डोगरी  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  

French Name
afrikaans  
dogri  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Dogri  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Dogras  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1971  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Dogri  

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
afr  
doi  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
indo1311  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Not Available  

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Afrikaans and Dogri Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Dogri language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Dogri language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971. 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 Afrikaans and Dogri Language History.

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

Afrikaans vs Dogri Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Dogri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Dogri 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 Afrikaans and Dogri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Dogri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Dogri time required is Not Available.

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