Countries
India
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
India
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Marathi
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Chike
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Adeus
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Not Available
  
French Name
konkani
  
albanais
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Albanians
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Konkani and Albanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Konkani and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Albanian language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Albanian Difficulty
The Konkani vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Albanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Konkani and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.