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Konkani and Japanese


Japanese and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Japan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Palau   

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
14   
4

Scripts
Devanagari   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Chike   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Maf kor   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
Adeus   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Not present   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
日本語   

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

French Name
konkani   
japonais   

German Name
Konkani   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Japanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
8   
8

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
kok   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Konkani and Japanese Speaking population

Konkani and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Konkani vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Japanese Language Codes

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

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