Countries
India
India, Nepal
National Language
India
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskar
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
kaso assa?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
Maf kor
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Adeus
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Goa
Nepal
Dialect 2
Not present
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
-
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Not present
Baitadeli
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
konkani
népalais
German Name
Konkani
Nepali
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Kokani
Nepali
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ne
Glottocode
goan1235
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative
Konkani and Nepali Speaking population
Konkani and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Konkani vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Konkani and Nepali Language Codes
Konkani and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.