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Dogri vs Swahili


Swahili vs Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not Available  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee  
Habari  

Thank You
dhanwaad  
Asante  

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
shub ratri  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
shub ratri  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
su prabat  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
kripya  
tafadhali  

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  
pole  

Bye
changa ji pher  
bye  

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Kullu  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hinduri  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  
Kilwa  

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+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
डोगरी  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
dogri  
swahili  

German Name
Dogri  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Dogras  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
1971  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dogri  
Swahili  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
swa  

ISO 639 3
doi  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
indo1311  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Dogri and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Dogri vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Dogri and Swahili language. History of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971 whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili Language History.

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

Dogri vs Swahili Difficulty

The Dogri vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dogri Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dogri and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dogri is Not Available while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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