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Dutch vs Konkani


Konkani vs 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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Dutch and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Konkani language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Konkani Language History.

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

Dutch vs Konkani Difficulty

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

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