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Greek and Konkani


Konkani and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
India  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
Marathi  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
16  
13

How Many Consonants
17  
7
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Namaskar  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Chike  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Maf kor  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Adeus  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Italy  
-  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
-  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
konkani  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Kokani  

Language Position
74  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
kok  

ISO 639 3
ell  
kok  

ISO 639 6
ells  
kok  

Glottocode
gree1276  
goan1235  

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

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Greek and Konkani Speaking population

Greek and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Konkani on Greek vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Konkani Language Codes

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

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