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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
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
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  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

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  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

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 %  
15
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
malais  
konkani  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Kokani  

Language Position
54  
99+
23  
21

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
may  
kok  

Glottocode
stan1306  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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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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