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Malaysian and Konkani


Konkani and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Malaysia   
India   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
16   
13

How Many Consonants
24   
14
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Namaskar   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
sila   
Chike   

Sorry
maaf   
Maf kor   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Adeus   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
malais   
konkani   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Kokani   

Language Position
54   
39
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
kok   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Malaysian and Konkani Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malaysian and Konkani dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Konkani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Konkani Dialects are spoken in different Konkani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Konkani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Konkani dialects include: Antruz Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Konkani Speaking population

Malaysian and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Konkani on Malaysian vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Konkani Language Codes

Malaysian and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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