Countries
India
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Marathi
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
Asante
How Are You?
kaso assa?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Not Available
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
Habari za asubuhi
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
nakupenda
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
Samahani
Dialect 1
Antruz
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Goa
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Not present
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Not Available
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Not present
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Not Available
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
Not Available
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
konkani
swahili
German Name
Konkani
Swahili
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
Not Available
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1209 A.D.
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kokani
Swahili
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
sw
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
goan1235
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Konkani and Swahili Speaking population
Konkani and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Konkani vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Konkani and Swahili Language Codes
Konkani and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.