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Konkani and Bengali


Bengali and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

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

Alphabets
52  
31
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
11  
8

How Many Consonants
36  
26
40  
29

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Not present  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Not present  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
19.00 million  
16

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)  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Bengali  

Language Position
Not Available  
4  
4

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
ben  

ISO 639 3
kok  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
goan1235  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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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

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