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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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