Countries
India
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
India
  
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
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Chike
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
Adeus
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
konkani
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Bhojpuri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available