Countries
India
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
India
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Marathi
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
hola
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Chike
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
triste
  
Bye
Adeus
  
adiós
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
konkani
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic