Countries
Zimbabwe
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Jammu and Kashmir, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
su prabat
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
kripya
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
bye
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
shona
  
dogri
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Dogras
  
Origin
20th century
  
1971
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Dogri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Shona and Dogri Speaking population
Shona and Dogri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Dogri languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Dogri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % 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 Shona and Dogri on Shona vs Dogri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Dogri Language Codes
Shona and Dogri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Dogri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.