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Swahili and Dogri


Dogri and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   
  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   
Hindi and Punjabi Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Habari   
Ke aal aee   

Thank You
Asante   
dhanwaad   

How Are You?
Habari gani?   
kiyaan oo ji   

Good Night
Usiku mwema   
shub ratri   

Good Evening
Habari za jioni   
shub ratri   

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi   
su prabat   

Please
tafadhali   
kripya   

Sorry
pole   
mere kaulan galti ooyyii   

Bye
bye   
changa ji pher   

I Love You
nakupenda   
Minjo tere naal pyar hega   

Excuse Me
Samahani   
gustakhi maaf   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja   
Jaunsari   

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island   
Himachal Pradesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Kimrima   
Kullu   

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam   
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
110,000.00   
35

Dialect 3
Kimgao   
Hinduri   

Where They Speak
Kilwa   
France, Himachal Pradesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
32

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
4.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
डोगरी   

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru   

French Name
swahili   
dogri   

German Name
Swahili   
Dogri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili   
Dogras   

History

Origin
6th century   
1971   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Swahili   
Dogri   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sw   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
swa   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
swa   
doi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swah1254   
indo1311   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Swahili 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 Swahili and Dogri dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Dogri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Dogri Dialects are spoken in different Dogri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Dogri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Dogri dialects include: Jaunsari , Kullu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swahili and Dogri Speaking population

Swahili and Dogri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Dogri languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Dogri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili and Dogri on Swahili vs Dogri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Dogri Language Codes

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