Afrikaans and Konkani
Countries
South Africa
India
National Language
South Africa
India
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Govenment of Goa
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Marathi
Derived From
Dutch Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
kaso assa?
Good Night
goeie nag
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Not Available
Good Morning
goeie more
Dis Borem Zavonn
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Antruz
Where They Speak
Not Available
Goa
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Not present
Where They Speak
Namibia
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
afrikaans
konkani
German Name
Afrikaans
Konkani
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Konkanis
Origin
17th Century
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Kokani
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
af
No data available
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
goan1235
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Not Available
All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Konkani dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Konkani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Konkani Dialects are spoken in different Konkani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Konkani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Konkani dialects include: Antruz Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Konkani Speaking population
Afrikaans and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available 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 Afrikaans and Konkani on Afrikaans vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Konkani Language Codes
Afrikaans and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.