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German and Konkani


Konkani and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
India   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Marathi   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Danke   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Not Available   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
bitte   
Chike   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Maf kor   

Bye
Tschüs   
Adeus   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
allemand   
konkani   

German Name
Deutsch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Kokani   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
kok   

ISO 639 3
deu   
kok   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All German 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 German and Konkani dialects. Various dialects of German and Konkani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Konkani Dialects are spoken in different Konkani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Konkani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Konkani dialects include: Antruz Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Konkani Speaking population

German and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of German and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Konkani on German vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Konkani Language Codes

German and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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