Konkani and Cantonese
Countries
India
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
India
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Marathi
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
谢谢
How Are You?
kaso assa?
你好吗？
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
晚安
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Not Available
下午好
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
早上好
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
我爱你
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
原谅我
Dialect 1
Antruz
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Goa
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Not present
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Not Available
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Not present
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Not Available
Hong Kong
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
konkani
Not Available
German Name
Konkani
Not Available
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
Not Available
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Not Available
Origin
1209 A.D.
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kokani
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Not Available
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
kok
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
kok
Not Available
ISO 639 3
kok
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
goan1235
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Konkani and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Konkani and Cantonese Speaking population
Konkani and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Konkani vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Konkani and Cantonese Language Codes
Konkani and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.