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Konkani vs Chinese


Chinese vs Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
India  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Marathi  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
24  
19

How Many Consonants
36  
26
23  
13

Scripts
Devanagari  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Chike  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Maf kor  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Adeus  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Goa  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Not present  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Not present  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Not Available  

French Name
konkani  
chinois  

German Name
Konkani  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Han  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
chi  

ISO 639 3
kok  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
goan1235  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Konkani and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Konkani vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Konkani and Chinese language. History of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D. whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Konkani and Chinese Language History.

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Konkani and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Chinese language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Konkani vs Chinese Difficulty

The Konkani vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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