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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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