Countries
India
  
Japan
  
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 in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.