Countries
India
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
India
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Marathi
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Namaskar
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
kaso assa?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Chike
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Maf kor
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Goa
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Not Available
China, North Korea
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
konkani
coréen
German Name
Konkani
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
Not Available
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Koreans
Origin
1209 A.D.
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Kokani
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ko
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
goan1235
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Konkani and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Korean language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Korean Difficulty
The Konkani vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.