Countries
India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Marathi
Konkani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskar
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
kaso assa?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Chike
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Maf kor
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Antruz
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Goa
Kokan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
konkani
marathe
German Name
Konkani
Marathi
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Marathi people
Origin
1209 A.D.
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Kokani
Marathi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
mr
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
goan1235
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Konkani and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Marathi language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Marathi Difficulty
The Konkani vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.
