Countries
India, Nepal
India
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.
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Dis Borem Zavonn
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
Where They Speak
Nepal
Goa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Not present
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Not present
Where They Speak
Nepal
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Konkanis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Kokani
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ne
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
goan1235
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
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
Nepali and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.