Countries
Israel
  
India
  
National Language
Israel
  
India
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Govenment of Goa
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Chike
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Goa
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
hébreu
  
konkani
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Kokani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Konkani language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Konkani Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.