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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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