National Language
India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Govenment of Goa
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Marathi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Namaskar
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
kaso assa?
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Chike
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Maf kor
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Antruz
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Goa
Dialect 2
Kharwa
Not present
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Dialect 3
Surati
Not present
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
goudjrati
konkani
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Konkani
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Konkanis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Kokani
Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
gu
No data available
Glottocode
guja1252
goan1235
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Gujarati and Konkani Speaking population
Gujarati and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Konkani on Gujarati vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Gujarati and Konkani Language Codes
Gujarati and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.