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Konkani and Somali


Somali and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
India  
Somalia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Yemen  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Somali-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  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
Hello  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
Chike  
Fadlan  

Sorry
Maf kor  
sorry  

Bye
Adeus  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Not present  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
-  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Not present  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
-  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
konkani  
somali  

German Name
Konkani  
Somali  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Somalis  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
19th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Somali  

Language Position
23  
21
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
som  

ISO 639 3
kok  
som  

ISO 639 6
kok  
som  

Glottocode
goan1235  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Konkani and Somali Speaking population

Konkani and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Somali on Konkani vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Somali Language Codes

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

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