Countries
India
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
India
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
ciao
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Chike
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
scusate
  
Bye
Adeus
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Italiano
  
French Name
konkani
  
italien
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Italians
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Italian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Konkani and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Italian language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Italian Difficulty
The Konkani vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.