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Konkani and Sindhi


Sindhi and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
10  
7

How Many Consonants
36  
26
42  
31

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
Chike  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
Maf kor  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
Adeus  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Upper Sindh  

Dialect 2
Not present  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Central Sindh  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Lower Sindh  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
Not Available  

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

French Name
konkani  
sindhi  

German Name
Konkani  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Sindhi  

Language Position
Not Available  
50  
37

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
snd  

ISO 639 3
kok  
snd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
goan1235  
sind1272  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Konkani and Sindhi Speaking population

Konkani and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Konkani vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Sindhi Language Codes

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

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