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Konkani and Amharic


Amharic and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
7   
4

How Many Consonants
36   
26
31   
21

Scripts
Devanagari   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
Selam   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Chike   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Maf kor   
aznallehu   

Bye
Adeus   
tschao   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
konkani   
amharique   

German Name
Konkani   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Amharas   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
amh   

ISO 639 3
kok   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Konkani and Amharic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Konkani and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Konkani and Amharic Speaking population

Konkani and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Konkani and Amharic on Konkani vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Amharic Language Codes

Konkani and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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