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Konkani and Arabic


Arabic and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
India  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

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

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
28  
18

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
شكرا  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
صباح الخير  

Please
Chike  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Maf kor  
آسف  

Bye
Adeus  
وداعا  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Not present  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
-  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Not present  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
-  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
konkani  
arabe  

German Name
Konkani  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Arabs  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
23  
21
25  
23

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
ara  

ISO 639 3
kok  
ara  

ISO 639 6
kok  
ara  

Glottocode
goan1235  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Konkani and Arabic 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 Konkani and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Konkani and Arabic Speaking population

Konkani and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Konkani and Arabic on Konkani vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Arabic Language Codes

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

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