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Hindi vs Konkani


Konkani vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Urdu  
Marathi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
16  
13

How Many Consonants
33  
23
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
Namaskar  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
Chike  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
Maf kor  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
Adeus  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
-  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
हिन्दी  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
hindi  
konkani  

German Name
Hindi  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
7th Century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Kokani  

Language Position
5  
5
23  
21

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
kok  

ISO 639 3
hin  
kok  

ISO 639 6
hins  
kok  

Glottocode
hind1269  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Hindi and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Konkani language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hindi and Konkani Language History.

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Hindi and Konkani Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hindi and Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Konkani language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hindi vs Konkani Difficulty

The Hindi vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi Alphabets and Konkani Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hindi and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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