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Konkani
Konkani

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Bhojpuri



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Countries

Countries

India
India, No official status

Total No. Of Countries

10
0 46
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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

Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

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.
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.

Similar To

Marathi
Maithili and Magahi

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5243
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1611
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3634
9 60
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Scripts

Devanagari
Devanagari

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

4 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Namaskar
प्रणाम (prannam)

Thank You

Dev Borem Korum
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)

How Are You?

kaso assa?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)

Good Night

Rati Boren Zavonn
राम राम (raam raam)

Good Evening

Sanj Borem Zavonn
राम राम (raam raam)

Good Afternoon

संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
राम राम (raam raam)

Good Morning

Dis Borem Zavonn
राम राम (raam raam)

Please

Chike
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)

Sorry

Maf kor
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)

Bye

Adeus
प्रणाम (prannam)

I Love You

hav tujo mog korta.
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)

Excuse Me

upkar korxi
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Antruz
Caribbean Hindustani

Where They Speak

Goa
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0016,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Not present
Fiji Hindi

Where They Speak

-
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America

How Many People Speak

2,700,000.00380,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Tharu Bhojpuri

Where They Speak

-
India

How Many People Speak

7.0038,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

113
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.40 million40.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.40 million40.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million38.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kōṅkaṇī
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)

Alternative Names

Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas

French Name

konkani
bhojpuri

German Name

Konkani
Bhojpuri

Pronunciation

kõkɳi
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/

Ethnicity

Konkanis
Bhojpuri speakers

History

Origin

1209 A.D.
19th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Kokani
Bhojpuri

Language Position

2337
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Bhojpuri Sign Language

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kok
bho

ISO 639 2/B

kok
bho

ISO 639 3

kok
bho

ISO 639 6

kok
bho

Glottocode

goan1235
bhoj1246

Linguasphere

No data available
59-AAF-sa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

-
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Konkani and Bhojpuri Alphabets

Konkani and Bhojpuri Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Konkani and Bhojpuri. In Konkani Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Bhojpuri Alphabets there are 43 letters. To learn Konkani and Bhojpuri languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Konkani and Bhojpuri languages. The Konkani phonology consist Konkani vowels and Konkani consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Konkani greetings vs Bhojpuri greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Konkani and Bhojpuri are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Konkani and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Konkani and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Konkani vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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