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Kashmiri vs Konkani


Konkani vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
16  
13

How Many Consonants
27  
17
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
Namaskar  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Not Available  
Chike  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
Maf kor  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
Adeus  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
Goa  

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
kashmiri  
konkani  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
12th Century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Kokani  

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
kok  

ISO 639 3
kas  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kash1277  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Kashmiri and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Konkani language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century 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 Kashmiri and Konkani Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Konkani Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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