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Cantonese and Konkani


Konkani and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Guangdong   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
16   
13

How Many Consonants
20   
10
36   
26

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Namaskar   

Thank You
谢谢   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
晚安   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Not Available   

Good Morning
早上好   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
请   
Chike   

Sorry
遗憾   
Maf kor   

Bye
再见   
Adeus   

I Love You
我爱你   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Goa   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
Not Available   
konkani   

German Name
Not Available   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
17th century   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Kokani   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
kok   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Cantonese and Konkani Speaking population

Cantonese and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Konkani on Cantonese vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Konkani Language Codes

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