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Nepali and Konkani


Konkani and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
India  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Marathi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
16  
13

How Many Consonants
36  
26
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Namaskar  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
कृपया  
Chike  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Maf kor  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Adeus  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
-  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
-  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
népalais  
konkani  

German Name
Nepali  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Kokani  

Language Position
59  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
kok  

ISO 639 3
npi  
kok  

ISO 639 6
nep  
kok  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Nepali 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 Nepali and Konkani dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Konkani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Konkani Dialects are spoken in different Konkani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Konkani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Konkani dialects include: Antruz Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Konkani Speaking population

Nepali and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Konkani on Nepali vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Konkani Language Codes

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