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Konkani vs Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish  
Marathi  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
16  
13

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Mange tak  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
God nat  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
God aften  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
Not Available  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Please  
Chike  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
Maf kor  

Bye
Farvel  
Adeus  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
dansk  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
danois  
konkani  

German Name
Dänisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Kokani  

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
kok  

ISO 639 3
dan  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
dani1284  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Danish and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Danish vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Danish and Konkani language. History of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Danish and Konkani Language History.

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Danish 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 Danish and Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Danish and Konkani language. Danish word for "Hello" is Hallo or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Danish Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Danish vs Konkani Difficulty

The Danish vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Danish 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 Danish and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Danish and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Danish is 24 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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