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Konkani and Urdu


Urdu and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
10  
7

How Many Consonants
36  
26
40  
29

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
Chike  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
Maf kor  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
Adeus  
الوداع  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Goa  
India  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Not present  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Not present  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
-  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
اُردُو  

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

French Name
konkani  
ourdou  

German Name
Konkani  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
12th Century CE  

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  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
23  
21
20  
18

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
urd  

ISO 639 3
kok  
urd  

ISO 639 6
kok  
urd  

Glottocode
goan1235  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Konkani and Urdu Speaking population

Konkani and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Konkani vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Urdu Language Codes

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

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