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
Nepali 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 Nepali and Dogri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Dogri language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Dogri word for "Thank You" is dhanwaad. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Dogri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Dogri Difficulty
The Nepali vs Dogri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Dogri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Dogri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Dogri time required is Not Available.