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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Chike
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Adeus
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Not Available
  
French Name
konkani
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Konkani and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Sanskrit language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Konkani vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.