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Russian vs Konkani


Konkani vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
India   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Marathi   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Namaskar   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Chike   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Maf kor   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Adeus   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
russe   
konkani   

German Name
Russisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Kokani   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
kok   

ISO 639 3
rus   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Russian and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Konkani language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Konkani Language History.

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

Russian vs Konkani Difficulty

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

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