Countries
India
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
India
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Marathi
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
Thank you
How Are You?
kaso assa?
How are you?
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Night
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
Good Morning
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
I love you
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Antruz
American English
Where They Speak
Goa
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Not Available
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Not Available
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
English
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Not Available
French Name
konkani
anglais
German Name
Konkani
Englisch
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Not Available
Origin
1209 A.D.
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Kokani
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed English
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
en
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
goan1235
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Konkani and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and English language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs English Difficulty
The Konkani vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.
