Countries
India
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
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 in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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