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Konkani and Xhosa


Xhosa and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Lesotho, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho   

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Marathi   
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
43   
32

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   
Molo   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
Ndiyabulela   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
Unjani   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
Ulale kakuhle   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
Ubusuku obuhle   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Uben' emva kwemini entle   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
Molo   

Please
Chike   
Ndicela   

Sorry
Maf kor   
Ndicela uxolo   

Bye
Adeus   
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
Ndiyakuthanda   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Goa   
South Africa   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
11.00 million   
21

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
isiXhosa   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   

French Name
konkani   
xhosa   

German Name
Konkani   
Xhosa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
16th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kokani   
isiXhosa   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
xh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
xho   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
xho   

ISO 639 3
kok   
xho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
xhos1239   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Konkani and Xhosa Speaking population

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

Konkani and Xhosa Language Codes

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