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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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