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Konkani vs 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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German and Konkani Language History

Comparison of German vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of German and Konkani language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Konkani Language History.

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

German vs Konkani Difficulty

The German vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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