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Arabic and Konkani


Konkani and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
16  
13

How Many Consonants
28  
18
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Namaskar  

Thank You
شكرا  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
من فضلك  
Chike  

Sorry
آسف  
Maf kor  

Bye
وداعا  
Adeus  

I Love You
أحبك  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
-  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
-  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
arabe  
konkani  

German Name
Arabisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Kokani  

Language Position
25  
23
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
kok  

ISO 639 3
ara  
kok  

ISO 639 6
ara  
kok  

Glottocode
arab1395  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Arabic and Konkani Speaking population

Arabic and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Konkani on Arabic vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Konkani Language Codes

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

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