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Estonian vs Konkani


Konkani vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
Marathi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
16  
13

How Many Consonants
18  
8
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Namaskar  

Thank You
aitäh  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Palun  
Chike  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Maf kor  

Bye
Head aega  
Adeus  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Goa  

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
estonien  
konkani  

German Name
Estnisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
13th century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Kokani  

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
kok  

ISO 639 3
est  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Estonian and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Konkani language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Estonian and Konkani Language History.

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

Estonian vs Konkani Difficulty

The Estonian vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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