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Konkani vs Swedish


Swedish vs Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
India  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
18  
8

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  
hej  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
god morgon  

Please
Chike  
vänligen  

Sorry
Maf kor  
ledsen  

Bye
Adeus  
hej då  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Not present  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
-  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Not present  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
-  
France  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
Svenska  

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

French Name
konkani  
suédois  

German Name
Konkani  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
23  
21
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
swe  

ISO 639 3
kok  
swe  

ISO 639 6
kok  
swe  

Glottocode
goan1235  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Konkani and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Konkani vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Konkani and Swedish language. History of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D. whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Konkani vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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