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Konkani and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Vietnam   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
12   
9

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
Xin chào   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
Cam on   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
Chike   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
Maf kor   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
Adeus   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

Dialect 2
Not present   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
konkani   
vietnamien   

German Name
Konkani   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
Not Available   
14   
13

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
vie   

ISO 639 3
kok   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
No data available   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Konkani and Vietnamese Speaking population

Konkani and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Vietnamese on Konkani vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Vietnamese Language Codes

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