Countries
Philippines
  
India
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Govenment of Goa
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Tagalog Language
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
Chike
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
Paalam
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Goa
  
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
filipino
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
konkani
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Kokani
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Konkani language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Konkani Difficulty
The Filipino vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.