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Afrikaans and Konkani


Konkani and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
India  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
16  
13

How Many Consonants
17  
7
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Dankie  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
asseblief  
Chike  

Sorry
jammer  
Maf kor  

Bye
Totsiens  
Adeus  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
-  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
-  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Afrikaans  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
afrikaans  
konkani  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Kokani  

Language Position
23  
21
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
kok  

ISO 639 3
afr  
kok  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
kok  

Glottocode
afri1274  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
-  

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All Afrikaans and Konkani 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 Afrikaans and Konkani dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Konkani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Konkani Dialects are spoken in different Konkani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Konkani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Konkani dialects include: Antruz Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Konkani Speaking population

Afrikaans and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Afrikaans and Konkani on Afrikaans vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Konkani Language Codes

Afrikaans and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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