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Konkani and Hindi


Hindi and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

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

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
Central Hindi Directorate  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Urdu  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
11  
8

How Many Consonants
36  
26
33  
23

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
Chike  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Maf kor  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
Adeus  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Not present  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
-  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Not present  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
-  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
konkani  
hindi  

German Name
Konkani  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
23  
21
5  
5

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
hin  

ISO 639 3
kok  
hin  

ISO 639 6
kok  
hins  

Glottocode
goan1235  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Konkani and Hindi Speaking population

Konkani and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Konkani vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Hindi Language Codes

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

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