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Konkani and Punjabi


Punjabi 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   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
41   
30

Scripts
Devanagari   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
Chike   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
Maf kor   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
Adeus   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Not present   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Not present   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
konkani   
pendjabi   

German Name
Konkani   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Modern Punjabi   

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

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
pan   

ISO 639 3
kok   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Konkani and Punjabi Speaking population

Konkani and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Konkani vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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