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Konkani vs Italian


Italian vs Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
India   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
16   
6

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
ciao   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
grazie   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
buongiorno   

Please
Chike   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Maf kor   
scusate   

Bye
Adeus   
arrivederci   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Not present   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Not present   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
Italiano   

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

French Name
konkani   
italien   

German Name
Konkani   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Italians   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
960 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Italian   

Language Position
Not Available   
27   
23

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
ita   

ISO 639 3
kok   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
goan1235   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Konkani and Italian Language History

Comparison of Konkani vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Konkani and Italian language. History of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D. whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Konkani and Italian Language History.

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Konkani and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Italian language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Konkani vs Italian Difficulty

The Konkani vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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