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Konkani and English


English and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
India  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

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
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
Hello  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
Thank you  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
Good Morning  

Please
Chike  
Please  

Sorry
Maf kor  
Sorry  

Bye
Adeus  
Bye  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
I love you  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
American English  

Where They Speak
Goa  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Not present  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Not present  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
English  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Not Available  

French Name
konkani  
anglais  

German Name
Konkani  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
5th Century AD  

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  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Standard English  

Language Position
Not Available  
3  
3

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
eng  

ISO 639 3
kok  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
goan1235  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Konkani and English Speaking population

Konkani and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and English languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Konkani vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and English Language Codes

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