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Dogri and Shona


Shona and Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
46   
34

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee   
Mhoro   

Thank You
dhanwaad   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
shub ratri   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
shub ratri   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Masikati   

Good Morning
su prabat   
Mangwanani   

Please
kripya   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
changa ji pher   
bye   

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kullu   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India   
southern Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
110,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hinduri   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
4.00 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
डोगरी   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
dogri   
shona   

German Name
Dogri   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dogras   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1971   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Dogri   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
sna   

ISO 639 3
doi   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1311   
core1255   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Dogri and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Dogri and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dogri are spoken in different Dogri Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dogri vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dogri dialects include: Jaunsari, Kullu. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dogri and Shona Speaking population

Dogri and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dogri and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Dogri and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dogri language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Dogri vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dogri and Shona Language Codes

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

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