Countries
India
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Marathi
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5224
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
165
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3621
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Namaskar
Habari
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
Asante
How Are You?
kaso assa?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Chike
tafadhali
Sorry
Maf kor
pole
Bye
Adeus
bye
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
nakupenda
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
Samahani
Dialect 1
Antruz
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Goa
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Kimrima
Where They Speak
-
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Kimgao
Where They Speak
-
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
7.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
112
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
konkani
swahili
German Name
Konkani
Swahili
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1209 A.D.
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kokani
Swahili
Language Position
2321
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kok
swa
ISO 639 2/B
kok
swa
ISO 639 3
kok
swa
ISO 639 6
kok
swa
Glottocode
goan1235
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-