Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
India
  
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 in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
7.40 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.