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Konkani and German


German and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
India   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Council for German Orthography   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
9   
1

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
hallo   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
Danke   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
guten Morgen   

Please
Chike   
bitte   

Sorry
Maf kor   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Adeus   
Tschüs   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Not present   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Not present   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
konkani   
allemand   

German Name
Konkani   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Germans   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
ger   

ISO 639 3
kok   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
goan1235   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Konkani and German Speaking population

Konkani and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and German languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Konkani vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and German Language Codes

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

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