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Italian vs Konkani


Konkani vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
India  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Namaskar  

Thank You
grazie  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Not Available  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Per Favore  
Chike  

Sorry
scusate  
Maf kor  

Bye
arrivederci  
Adeus  

I Love You
Ti amo  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
Not Available  

Native Name
Italiano  
Kōṅkaṇī  

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

French Name
italien  
konkani  

German Name
Italienisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
960 BC  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Kokani  

Language Position
27  
23
Not Available  

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
kok  

ISO 639 3
ita  
kok  

ISO 639 6
itas  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ital1282  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Italian and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Konkani language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Konkani Language History.

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

Italian vs Konkani Difficulty

The Italian vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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