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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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