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Konkani and Dutch


Dutch and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
India   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
Hallo   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
goedemorgen   

Please
Chike   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Maf kor   
sorry   

Bye
Adeus   
vaarwel   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Not present   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Not present   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
konkani   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Konkani   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
dut   

ISO 639 3
kok   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Konkani and Dutch Speaking population

Konkani and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Konkani vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Dutch Language Codes

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

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