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Dogri vs Nepali


Nepali vs Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India  
Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not Available  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
36  
26
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
dhanwaad  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
shub ratri  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
shub ratri  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
su prabat  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
kripya  
कृपया  

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
changa ji pher  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Kullu  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hinduri  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
डोगरी  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
dogri  
népalais  

German Name
Dogri  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Dogras  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1971  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Dogri  
Nepali  

Language Position
Not Available  
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
nep  

ISO 639 3
doi  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
indo1311  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Dogri and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Dogri vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Dogri and Nepali language. History of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Dogri vs Nepali Difficulty

The Dogri vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dogri Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dogri and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dogri is Not Available while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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