Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
India
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Govenment of Goa
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
How are you?
kaso assa?
Good Night
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Good Morning
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
I Love You
I love you
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
American English
Antruz
Where They Speak
United States of America
Goa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Not present
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Not present
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Not Available
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
anglais
konkani
German Name
Englisch
Konkani
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Not Available
Konkanis
Origin
5th Century AD
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Kokani
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
en
No data available
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
goan1235
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Not Available
English 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 English and Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Konkani language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common English Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Konkani Difficulty
The English vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.
