Countries
India
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
India
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Marathi
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
obrigado
How Are You?
kaso assa?
Como você está?
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
boa noite
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Not Available
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
bom Dia
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Antruz
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Goa
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Not Available
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Not Available
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
Português
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Português
French Name
konkani
portugais
German Name
Konkani
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
1209 A.D.
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Kokani
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
pt
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
goan1235
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Konkani and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Portuguese language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Konkani vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.