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Konkani Language

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
1.9 Similar To
Marathi
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
52
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Irish
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
16
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
36
Rank: 26 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
4 weeks
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Namaskar
3.2 Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
3.3 How Are You?
kaso assa?
3.4 Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
3.5 Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
3.8 Please
Chike
3.9 Sorry
Maf kor
3.10 Bye
Adeus
3.11 I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
3.12 Excuse Me
upkar korxi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Antruz
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Goa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Not present
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Not present
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
7.40 million
Rank: 64 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.11 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
7.40 million
Rank: 56 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
5.3.4 French Name
konkani
5.3.5 German Name
Konkani
5.4 Pronunciation
kõkɳi
5.5 Ethnicity
Konkanis
6 History
6.1 Origin
1209 A.D.
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Kokani
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kok
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kok
7.3 ISO 639 3
kok
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
goan1235
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available

Origin of Konkani language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Konkani language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Konkani language states that it was put to use in 1209 A.D.. The history of Konkani language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Konkani Language History. Konkani has no early forms. Kokani is the standard form of Konkani language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Konkani Language.

Konkani population

Konkani population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Konkani language. Konkani language is spoken by 7.40 million people in the world. Most of the Konkani population lies in the Konkani Speaking Countries. Konkani language is spoken as first language by 7.40 million people and no total count of people speaking Konkani as second language. Get to know Konkani speaking population in detail.

Konkani writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Konkani writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Konkani language. Some languages share common writing systems. Devanagari script is used by Konkani language. Learn more about . 

Information about Konkani language

Check out all the information about Konkani language here. You may find it interesting to learn Konkani Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Konkani Speaking Countries, Konkani speaking continents and Konkani Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Konkani countries knowing common Konkani Greetings will help you in communicating with Konkani people.

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