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Konkani and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
12  
9

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
Xin chào  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
Cam on  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
Chike  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
Maf kor  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
Adeus  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Not present  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
-  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Not present  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
-  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
konkani  
vietnamien  

German Name
Konkani  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
23  
21
14  
13

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
vie  

ISO 639 3
kok  
vie  

ISO 639 6
kok  
vie  

Glottocode
goan1235  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Konkani and Vietnamese Speaking population

Konkani and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Vietnamese on Konkani vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Vietnamese Language Codes

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