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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   
11
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)   
Not Available   

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+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Griko   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Not Available   

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+

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   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

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+
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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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