Countries
India
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
NA
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
Chike
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
Adeus
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
konkani
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Konkani and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Gujarati language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Konkani vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.