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Konkani and Urdu


Urdu and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
40   
29

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
Chike   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
Maf kor   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
Adeus   
الوداع   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Goa   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Not present   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Bihari   

French Name
konkani   
ourdou   

German Name
Konkani   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
Not Available   
20   
18

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
urd   

ISO 639 3
kok   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Konkani and Urdu Speaking population

Konkani and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Konkani vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Urdu Language Codes

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

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