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Konkani and Greek


Greek and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
India   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Armenian   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
7   
4

How Many Consonants
36   
26
17   
7

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
Chike   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
Maf kor   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
Adeus   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not present   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Not present   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
konkani   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Konkani   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
Not Available   
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
gre   

ISO 639 3
kok   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
goan1235   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
No data available   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Konkani and Greek Speaking population

Konkani and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Konkani vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Greek Language Codes

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

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