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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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