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Tagalog vs Konkani


Konkani vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
India  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
18  
8
36  
26

Scripts
Baybayin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Salamat po  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
pakiusap  
Chike  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
Maf kor  

Bye
Paálam  
Adeus  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
-  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
-  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Tagalog  
Kōṅkaṇī  

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

French Name
tagalog  
konkani  

German Name
Tagalog  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1593  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Kokani  

Language Position
58  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
kok  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
kok  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
kok  

Glottocode
taga1269  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Tagalog and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Konkani language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 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 Tagalog and Konkani Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Konkani Difficulty

The Tagalog vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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