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Konkani and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
India  

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
16  
13

How Many Consonants
36  
26
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
Chike  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
Maf kor  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
Adeus  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
14.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

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

French Name
konkani  
sanskrit  

German Name
Konkani  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Sanskrit  

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
san  

ISO 639 3
kok  
san  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
goan1235  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Konkani and Sanskrit Speaking population

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

Konkani and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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