Countries
India
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
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Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Marathi
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5233
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
167
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3631
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskar
Selam
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
kaso assa?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Chike
i'bakwon
Sorry
Maf kor
aznallehu
Bye
Adeus
tschao
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Antruz
Gondar
Where They Speak
Goa
Gondar
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Gojjami
Where They Speak
-
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Showa
Where They Speak
-
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
7.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
15
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million18.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
konkani
amharique
German Name
Konkani
Amharisch
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Amharas
Origin
1209 A.D.
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Kokani
Amharic
Language Position
2355
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kok
amh
ISO 639 2/B
kok
amh
ISO 639 3
kok
amh
ISO 639 6
kok
amh
Glottocode
goan1235
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional