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Dogri and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India   
South Africa   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Die Taalkommissie, 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
15   
12

How Many Consonants
36   
26
17   
7

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee   
hallo   

Thank You
dhanwaad   
Dankie   

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
shub ratri   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
shub ratri   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
su prabat   
goeie more   

Please
kripya   
asseblief   

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii   
jammer   

Bye
changa ji pher   
Not Available   

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

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kullu   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
110,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hinduri   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
4.00 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
डोगरी   
Afrikaans   

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

French Name
dogri   
afrikaans   

German Name
Dogri   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Dogras   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
1971   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Dogri   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
afr   

ISO 639 3
doi   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
indo1311   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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All Dogri and Afrikaans Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Dogri and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Dogri and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dogri are spoken in different Dogri Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dogri vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dogri dialects include: Jaunsari, Kullu. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dogri and Afrikaans Speaking population

Dogri and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dogri and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Dogri and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dogri language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Dogri and Afrikaans on Dogri vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dogri and Afrikaans Language Codes

Dogri and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dogri and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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