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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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