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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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