Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Nepal
  
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 in
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Jaunsari
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Kullu
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hinduri
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.