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Konkani and Hindi


Hindi and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Fiji, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Central Hindi Directorate   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Urdu   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
11   
8

How Many Consonants
36   
26
33   
23

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
Chike   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
Maf kor   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
Adeus   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
Not present   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Not present   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
konkani   
hindi   

German Name
Konkani   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
Not Available   
5   
5

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
hin   

ISO 639 3
kok   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
goan1235   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-qf   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Konkani and Hindi Speaking population

Konkani and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Konkani vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Hindi Language Codes

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

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