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Dutch and Konkani


Konkani and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
India  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Namaskar  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Not Available  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Chike  

Sorry
sorry  
Maf kor  

Bye
vaarwel  
Adeus  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
pardon  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
Not Available  

Native Name
Nederlands  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
konkani  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Kokani  

Language Position
48  
35
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
kok  

ISO 639 3
nld  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Dutch and Konkani Speaking population

Dutch and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Konkani on Dutch vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Konkani Language Codes

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

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