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Konkani and Kashmiri


Kashmiri and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
India, Pakistan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Hindi and Urdu Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
17   
14

How Many Consonants
36   
26
27   
17

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
Assalām ‘alaikum   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Hach t'ochoktiya   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
Hach ch'i   

Please
Chike   
Not Available   

Sorry
Maf kor   
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   

Bye
Adeus   
Khuda hāfiz   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Kashtawari   

Where They Speak
Goa   
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Poguli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Pogul and Paristan valleys   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Rambani   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
5.42 million   
99+

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   

French Name
konkani   
kashmiri   

German Name
Konkani   
Kaschmiri   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
[kəːʃur]   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Kashmiris or koshur   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
12th 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   
Kashmiri   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ks   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
kas   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
kas   

ISO 639 3
kok   
kas   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
kash1277   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Konkani and Kashmiri Speaking population

Konkani and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available. 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 Kashmiri on Konkani vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Kashmiri Language Codes

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

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