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Konkani and Malaysian


Malaysian and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
India   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
24   
14

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
Hai   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Chike   
sila   

Sorry
Maf kor   
maaf   

Bye
Adeus   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Not present   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Not present   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
Bahasa melayu   

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

French Name
konkani   
malais   

German Name
Konkani   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
may   

ISO 639 3
kok   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
stan1306   

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   
Agglutinative   

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

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Konkani and Malaysian Speaking population

Konkani and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Konkani vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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