Countries
India
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
India
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
Chike
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
konkani
  
madourais
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Madurese
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Madurese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Konkani and Madurese Speaking population
Konkani and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Konkani vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Konkani and Madurese Language Codes
Konkani and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.