Countries
India
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
India
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Council for German Orthography
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Chike
  
bitte
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
konkani
  
allemand
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Germans
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Konkani and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and German language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs German Difficulty
The Konkani vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.