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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Govenment of Goa
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
Chike
  
Chike
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Goa
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
konkani
  
konkani
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
1209 A.D.
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Kokani
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
goan1235
  
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 Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Konkani language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Konkani Difficulty
The Konkani vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.