Countries
South Africa
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Jammu and Kashmir, India
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-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
Molo
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
su prabat
  
Please
Ndicela
  
kripya
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
xhosa
  
dogri
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Dogras
  
Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa
  
Dogri
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Xhosa and Dogri Speaking population
Xhosa and Dogri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Dogri languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Dogri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % 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 Xhosa and Dogri on Xhosa vs Dogri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Dogri Language Codes
Xhosa and Dogri language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Dogri Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.