Countries
India
  
Rajastan, India
  
National Language
India
  
Rajastan, 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
  
Nepal, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Gujarati Language
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
khammaghani
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
dhanyavaad
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
Kikan ho sa?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
shubh raatri
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Shubh Honjh
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Shubh Befar
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Shubh Havar
  
Please
Chike
  
kirpa
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Maaf Karo
  
Bye
Adeus
  
bye
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
main tanne pyaar karoon
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
maaf karo
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Jogi
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Bagri
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Dhundhari
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
14.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Marwari
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
  
French Name
konkani
  
marvari
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Marwari
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Marwari or Marwadi
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
16
  
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
  
Marwari
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
mwr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
raja1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Konkani and Marwari 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 Marwari greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Marwari language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Marwari word for "Thank You" is dhanyavaad. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Marwari Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Marwari Difficulty
The Konkani vs Marwari difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Marwari 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 Marwari are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Marwari, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Marwari time required is 44 weeks.