Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
India
National Language
Portugal
India
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Govenment of Goa
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Marathi
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
Como você está?
kaso assa?
Good Night
boa noite
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
boa Noite
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Good Morning
bom Dia
Dis Borem Zavonn
I Love You
Eu te amo
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
desculpe me
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Antruz
Where They Speak
Brazil
Goa
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Not present
Where They Speak
Portugal
-
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Not present
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
-
Native Name
Português
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Português
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
portugais
konkani
German Name
Portugiesisch
Konkani
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Konkanis
Origin
3rd Century
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Kokani
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pt
No data available
Glottocode
port1283
goan1235
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-
Portuguese and Konkani Speaking population
Portuguese and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % 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 Portuguese and Konkani on Portuguese vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Portuguese and Konkani Language Codes
Portuguese and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.