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Chinese and Konkani


Konkani and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
16  
13

How Many Consonants
23  
13
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
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Namaskar  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Chike  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Maf kor  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Adeus  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
chinois  
konkani  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Han  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Kokani  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
kok  

ISO 639 3
zho  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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

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Chinese and Konkani Speaking population

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

Chinese and Konkani Language Codes

Chinese and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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