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Amharic and Konkani


Konkani and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
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 spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Marathi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
16   
13

How Many Consonants
31   
21
36   
26

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Namaskar   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
Not Available   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
i'bakwon   
Chike   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Maf kor   

Bye
tschao   
Adeus   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Goa   

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
amharique   
konkani   

German Name
Amharisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
13th century   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Kokani   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
kok   

ISO 639 3
amh   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Amharic and Konkani Speaking population

Amharic and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % 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 Amharic and Konkani on Amharic vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Konkani Language Codes

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

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