Countries
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
National Language
India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Marathi
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskar
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
kaso assa?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Chike
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Maf kor
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Adeus
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Where They Speak
Goa
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Hajong
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
konkani
bengali
German Name
Konkani
Bengali
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
Not available
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
1209 A.D.
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Kokani
Bengali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
bn
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
goan1235
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Konkani and Bengali Speaking population
Konkani and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Konkani vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Konkani and Bengali Language Codes
Konkani and Bengali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Bengali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.