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Swahili vs Dogri


Dogri vs 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.
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  • 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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Swahili and Dogri Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Dogri language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Dogri language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century whereas history of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swahili and Dogri Language History.

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Swahili 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 Swahili and Dogri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Dogri language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Dogri word for "Thank You" is dhanwaad. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Dogri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swahili vs Dogri Difficulty

The Swahili vs Dogri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Dogri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Dogri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Dogri time required is Not Available.

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