Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
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 in
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
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
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hinduri
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
Dogri and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dogri and Somali language. Dogri word for "Hello" is Ke aal aee or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Dogri Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dogri vs Somali Difficulty
The Dogri vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dogri Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dogri and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dogri is Not Available while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.