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Konkani and English


English and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
India   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
Hello   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
Thank you   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
Good Morning   

Please
Chike   
Please   

Sorry
Maf kor   
Sorry   

Bye
Adeus   
Bye   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
I love you   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
American English   

Where They Speak
Goa   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Not present   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Not present   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
English   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Not Available   

French Name
konkani   
anglais   

German Name
Konkani   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
eng   

ISO 639 3
kok   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
goan1235   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Konkani and English Speaking population

Konkani and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and English languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Konkani vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and English Language Codes

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

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