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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
-  
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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
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  
17
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  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

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  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
7.00  
99+

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 %  
37
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
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  
-  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Kokani  

Language Position
55  
99+
23  
21

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
amh  
kok  

Glottocode
amha1245  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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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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