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Dogri and Somali


Somali and Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India  
Somalia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Not Available  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Not Available  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
52 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee  
Hello  

Thank You
dhanwaad  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
shub ratri  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
shub ratri  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
su prabat  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
kripya  
Fadlan  

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  
sorry  

Bye
changa ji pher  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Kullu  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hinduri  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Standard Somali  

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+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
डोगरी  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
dogri  
somali  

German Name
Dogri  
Somali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Dogras  
Somalis  

History

Origin
1971  
19th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Cushitic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dogri  
Somali  

Language Position
Not Available  
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
som  

ISO 639 3
doi  
som  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
indo1311  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Dogri and Somali Speaking population

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

Dogri and Somali Language Codes

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

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