Countries
India
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
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
  
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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Chike
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Adeus
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
konkani
  
oriya
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Odias
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Standard Odia
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
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 Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Oriya language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Oriya Difficulty
The Konkani vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.