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Konkani and Arabic


Arabic and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

National Language
India   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

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

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
28   
18

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
شكرا   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
صباح الخير   

Please
Chike   
من فضلك   

Sorry
Maf kor   
آسف   

Bye
Adeus   
وداعا   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Not present   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Cyprus, Levant   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
konkani   
arabe   

German Name
Konkani   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Arabs   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
ara   

ISO 639 3
kok   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Konkani and Arabic 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 Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Konkani and Arabic Speaking population

Konkani and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Konkani vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Arabic Language Codes

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

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