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Dogri vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs 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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Dogri and Afrikaans Language History

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

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

Dogri vs Afrikaans Difficulty

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

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