Countries
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Chike
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Adeus
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
konkani
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Konkani and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Punjabi language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Konkani vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.