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Russian and Konkani


Konkani and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
India  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Cyrillic  
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Namaskar  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Chike  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Maf kor  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Adeus  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
-  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
-  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
Kōṅkaṇī  

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

French Name
russe  
konkani  

German Name
Russisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Kokani  

Language Position
7  
7
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
kok  

ISO 639 3
rus  
kok  

ISO 639 6
rus  
kok  

Glottocode
russ1263  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Russian and Konkani Speaking population

Russian and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Konkani on Russian vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Konkani Language Codes

Russian and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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