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Somali and Dogri


Dogri and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Somalia   
Jammu and Kashmir, India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Not Available   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
  • 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
Afar and Oromo Language   
Hindi and Punjabi Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Ke aal aee   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
dhanwaad   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
kiyaan oo ji   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
shub ratri   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
shub ratri   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
su prabat   

Please
Fadlan   
kripya   

Sorry
sorry   
mere kaulan galti ooyyii   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
changa ji pher   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Minjo tere naal pyar hega   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
gustakhi maaf   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Jaunsari   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Himachal Pradesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Kullu   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
110,000.00   
35

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Hinduri   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
France, Himachal Pradesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
4.00 million   
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali   
डोगरी   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru   

French Name
somali   
dogri   

German Name
Somali   
Dogri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Dogras   

History

Origin
19th century   
1971   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Dogri   

Language Position
83   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
som   
doi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
indo1311   

Linguasphere
No data available   
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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All Somali 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 Somali and Dogri dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Dogri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Dogri Dialects are spoken in different Dogri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Dogri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Dogri dialects include: Jaunsari , Kullu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Dogri Speaking population

Somali and Dogri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Dogri languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Dogri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available 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 Somali and Dogri on Somali vs Dogri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Dogri Language Codes

Somali and Dogri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Dogri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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