Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.