Countries
India
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
India
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
Chike
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Not Available
  
French Name
konkani
  
kurde
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Kurds
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAA-a
  
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 Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Kurdish language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Konkani vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.