Cantonese and Konkani
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India
National Language
China, Guangdong
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Govenment of Goa
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Marathi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
你好吗？
kaso assa?
Good Night
晚安
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
晚上好
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
下午好
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Good Morning
早上好
Dis Borem Zavonn
I Love You
我爱你
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
原谅我
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Antruz
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Goa
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Not present
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
-
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Not present
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
-
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
cantonais
konkani
German Name
Kantonesisch
Konkani
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Konkanis
Origin
17th century
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Kokani
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
-
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 3
No data available
kok
Glottocode
cant1236
goan1235
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Konkani dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Konkani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Konkani Dialects are spoken in different Konkani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Konkani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Konkani dialects include: Antruz Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Konkani Speaking population
Cantonese and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Konkani on Cantonese vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Konkani Language Codes
Cantonese and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.