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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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