Countries
India, Nepal
India, Pakistan
National Language
Nepal
Jammu and Kashmir, India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not Available
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Ke aal aee
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
dhanwaad
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
kiyaan oo ji
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
shub ratri
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
shub ratri
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Not Available
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
su prabat
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
changa ji pher
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
gustakhi maaf
Dialect 1
Doteli
Jaunsari
Where They Speak
Nepal
Himachal Pradesh, India
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Hinduri
Where They Speak
Nepal
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
डोगरी
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
French Name
népalais
dogri
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Dogras
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Dogri
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ne
Not Available
ISO 639 2/T
nep
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
nep
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
indo1311
Linguasphere
12
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali and Dogri Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Dogri dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Dogri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Dogri Dialects are spoken in different Dogri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Dogri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Dogri dialects include: Jaunsari , Kullu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Dogri Speaking population
Nepali and Dogri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Dogri languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Dogri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dogri language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Dogri on Nepali vs Dogri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Dogri Language Codes
Nepali and Dogri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Dogri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.