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Madurese and Konkani


Konkani and Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura   
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
Not Available   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages   
Marathi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
16   
13

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Namaskar   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Not Available   
Chike   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
Maf kor   

Bye
Not Available   
Adeus   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
110,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bawean   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Bangkalan   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.23 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Madurese   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
madourais   
konkani   

German Name
Maduresisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Madurese   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
Not Available   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Madurese   
Kokani   

Language Position
69   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
mad   
kok   

ISO 639 3
mad   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
madu1247   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Madurese and Konkani Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Madurese and Konkani dialects. Various dialects of Madurese and Konkani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Madurese are spoken in different Madurese Speaking Countries whereas Konkani Dialects are spoken in different Konkani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Madurese vs Konkani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Madurese dialects include: Kangean, Bawean. Konkani dialects include: Antruz Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Madurese and Konkani Speaking population

Madurese and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Madurese and Konkani on Madurese vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Madurese and Konkani Language Codes

Madurese and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Madurese and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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