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Kurdish vs Dogri


Dogri vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Jammu and Kashmir, India  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
29  
19
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Ke aal aee  

Thank You
Sipas  
dhanwaad  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
kiyaan oo ji  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
shub ratri  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
shub ratri  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
su prabat  

Please
Bê zehmet  
kripya  

Sorry
Bibûre  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
changa ji pher  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
gustakhi maaf  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Jaunsari  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Kullu  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
110,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Hinduri  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
12
30,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
39
Not Available  

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
डोगरी  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  

French Name
kurde  
dogri  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Dogri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Dogras  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
1971  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Dogri  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
kur  
doi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
indo1311  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Kurdish and Dogri Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Dogri language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Dogri language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971. 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 Kurdish and Dogri Language History.

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

Kurdish vs Dogri Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Dogri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Dogri 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 Kurdish and Dogri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Dogri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Dogri time required is Not Available.

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