Countries
India
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
India
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Marathi
Italian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
Merci
How Are You?
kaso assa?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Not Available
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
Bonjour
Please
Chike
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Antruz
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Goa
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
African French
Where They Speak
Not Available
Africa
Dialect 3
Not present
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Not Available
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
français
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Français
French Name
konkani
français
German Name
Konkani
Französisch
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Not Available
Origin
1209 A.D.
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Kokani
Standard French
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
fr
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
goan1235
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Konkani and French Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Konkani and French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and French language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs French Difficulty
The Konkani vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and French Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Konkani and French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.