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Spanish vs Konkani


Konkani vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

National Language
Spain   
India   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
French Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
22   
12
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Gracias   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Por Favor   
Chike   

Sorry
triste   
Maf kor   

Bye
adiós   
Adeus   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
konkani   

German Name
Spanisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
210 BC   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Kokani   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
kok   

ISO 639 3
spa   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Spanish and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Konkani language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Konkani Language History.

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Spanish 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 Spanish and Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Konkani language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Konkani Difficulty

The Spanish vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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