Countries
India
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
Konkani and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.