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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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