Countries
India
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
India
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Bon dia
  
Please
Chike
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
konkani
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-e
  
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 Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Catalan language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Catalan Difficulty
The Konkani vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.