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Sanskrit and Konkani


Konkani and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Old German Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
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
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Namaskar  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
Chike  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Maf kor  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
Adeus  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
-  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
Kōṅkaṇī  

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

French Name
sanskrit  
konkani  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Kokani  

Language Position
23  
21
23  
21

Signed Forms
-  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
kok  

ISO 639 3
san  
kok  

ISO 639 6
san  
kok  

Glottocode
sans1269  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Sanskrit and Konkani Speaking population

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Sanskrit and Konkani Language Codes

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