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Dogri vs Zulu


Zulu vs Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, India   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Punjabi Languages   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
36   
26
50   
35

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   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee   
Sawubona   

Thank You
dhanwaad   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji   
unjani   

Good Night
shub ratri   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
shub ratri   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
su prabat   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
kripya   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
changa ji pher   
bye   

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kullu   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India   
Georgia, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
110,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hinduri   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
4.00 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
डोगरी   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
dogri   
zoulou   

German Name
Dogri   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dogras   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
1971   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Dogri   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
Not Available   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
zul   

ISO 639 3
doi   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1311   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Dogri and Zulu Language History

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

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

Dogri vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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