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Vietnamese and Konkani


Konkani and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
India  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
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
Xin chào  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Cam on  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Chike  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Maf kor  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Adeus  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
-  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
-  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
vietnamien  
konkani  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Kokani  

Language Position
14  
13
23  
21

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
kok  

ISO 639 3
vie  
kok  

ISO 639 6
vie  
kok  

Glottocode
viet1252  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Vietnamese and Konkani Speaking population

Vietnamese and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Konkani on Vietnamese vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Konkani Language Codes

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