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Konkani
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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

India

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

India

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Govenment of Goa

1.8 Interesting Facts

  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.

1.9 Similar To

Marathi

1.10 Derived From

Sanskrit Language

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

52
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

16
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

36
Rank: 26 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Devanagari

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

4 weeks
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Namaskar

3.2 Thank You

Dev Borem Korum

3.3 How Are You?

kaso assa?

3.4 Good Night

Rati Boren Zavonn

3.5 Good Evening

Sanj Borem Zavonn

3.6 Good Afternoon

Not Available

3.7 Good Morning

Dis Borem Zavonn

3.8 Please

Chike

3.9 Sorry

Maf kor

3.10 Bye

Adeus

3.11 I Love You

hav tujo mog korta.

3.12 Excuse Me

upkar korxi

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Antruz

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Goa

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Not present

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Not Available

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Not present

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Not Available

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

7.40 million
Rank: 64 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.11 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

7.40 million
Rank: 56 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Kōṅkaṇī

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese

5.3.4 French Name

konkani

5.3.5 German Name

Konkani

5.4 Pronunciation

kõkɳi

5.5 Ethnicity

Konkanis

6 History

6.1 Origin

1209 A.D.

6.2 Language Family

Indo-European Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Not Available

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Kokani

6.3.3 Language Position

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)

6.4 Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

No data available

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

kok

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

kok

7.3 ISO 639 3

kok

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

goan1235

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Konkani language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Konkani language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Konkani language states that it was put to use in 1209 A.D.. The history of Konkani language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Konkani Language History. Konkani has no early forms. Kokani is the standard form of Konkani language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Konkani Language.

Konkani population

Konkani population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Konkani language. Konkani language is spoken by 7.40 million people in the world. Most of the Konkani population lies in the Konkani Speaking Countries. Konkani language is spoken as first language by 7.40 million people and no total count of people speaking Konkani as second language. Get to know Konkani speaking population in detail.

Konkani writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Konkani writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Konkani language. Some languages share common writing systems. Devanagari script is used by Konkani language. Learn more about . 

Information about Konkani language

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