Countries
India
India, Nepal
National Language
India
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskar
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
kaso assa?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
Maf kor
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Adeus
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Goa
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Not Available
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Not present
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nepal
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
konkani
népalais
German Name
Konkani
Nepali
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
Not Available
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Kokani
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ne
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
goan1235
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Konkani and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Nepali language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Nepali Difficulty
The Konkani vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.