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French and Konkani


Konkani and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
1  
14

National Language
France  
India  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Italian Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Merci  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
Chike  

Sorry
désolé  
Maf kor  

Bye
au revoir  
Adeus  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Africa  
-  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
français  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Français  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
français  
konkani  

German Name
Französisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
French people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Kokani  

Language Position
13  
12
23  
21

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
kok  

ISO 639 3
fra  
kok  

ISO 639 6
fras  
kok  

Glottocode
stan1290  
goan1235  

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

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French and Konkani Speaking population

French and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of French and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Konkani on French vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Konkani Language Codes

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