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
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
Hello
  
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
  
Please
Chike
  
Please
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Bye
  
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
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.