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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Bye
Adeus
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Jeju
  
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
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.