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English and Konkani


Konkani and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
India   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Thank you   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
How are you?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Please   
Chike   

Sorry
Sorry   
Maf kor   

Bye
Bye   
Adeus   

I Love You
I love you   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Not present   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
anglais   
konkani   

German Name
Englisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Kokani   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
kok   

ISO 639 3
eng   
kok   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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English and Konkani Speaking population

English and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of English and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Konkani on English vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Konkani Language Codes

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

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