Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
India
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Govenment of Goa
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Chike
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
tschao
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Goa
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
amharique
  
konkani
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
13th century
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Kokani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic 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 Amharic and Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Konkani language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Konkani Difficulty
The Amharic vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.