National Language
India
Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Marathi
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
Cam on
How Are You?
kaso assa?
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
Chào buổi sáng
Please
Chike
xin vui lòng
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Antruz
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Goa
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Dialect 2
Not present
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Not Available
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Dialect 3
Not present
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Not Available
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
konkani
vietnamien
German Name
Konkani
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Kokani
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
vi
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
goan1235
viet1252
Linguasphere
No data available
46-EBA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Konkani and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Vietnamese language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Konkani vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.