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Marwari vs Konkani


Konkani vs Marwari


Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Rajastan, India   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Nepal, Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages   
Marathi   

Derived From
Gujarati Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
32   
22
36   
26

Scripts
Devanagari   
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
khammaghani   
Namaskar   

Thank You
dhanyavaad   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
shubh raatri   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Shubh Honjh   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Shubh Havar   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
kirpa   
Chike   

Sorry
Maaf Karo   
Maf kor   

Bye
bye   
Adeus   

I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
maaf karo   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jogi   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
India   
Goa   

Dialect 2
Bagri   
Not present   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dhundhari   
Not present   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
14.00 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Marwari   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
marvari   
konkani   

German Name
Marwari   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
16   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Marwari   
Kokani   

Language Position
72   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mwr   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
mwr   
kok   

ISO 639 3
mwr   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
raja1256   
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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Marwari and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Marwari vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Marwari and Konkani language. History of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16 whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Marwari and Konkani Language History.

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Marwari and Konkani 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 Marwari and Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marwari and Konkani language. Marwari word for "Hello" is khammaghani or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Marwari Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Marwari vs Konkani Difficulty

The Marwari vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marwari Alphabets and Konkani 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 Marwari and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marwari and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marwari is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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