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
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
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
Not Available
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
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Not present
Where They Speak
Portugal
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Not present
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Kokani
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pt
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not 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
Not Available
Not Available
Portuguese and Konkani Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Portuguese and Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Konkani language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Konkani Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese Alphabets and Konkani Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Portuguese and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.