Countries
India
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Total No. Of Countries
123
0
46
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National Language
India
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Marathi
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million452.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %4.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million206.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
8.00 million246.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
konkani
arabe
German Name
Konkani
Arabisch
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Arabs