Countries
India
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
India
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Chike
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Adeus
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
konkani
  
kannada
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Konkani and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Kannada language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Kannada Difficulty
The Konkani vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Kannada 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 Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.