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Sanskrit and Konkani


Konkani and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
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
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Old German Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
16   
13

How Many Consonants
36   
26
36   
26

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
Namaskar   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
Not Available   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
Chike   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
Maf kor   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
Adeus   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Goa   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
sanskrit   
konkani   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Kokani   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
kok   

ISO 639 3
san   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Konkani dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Konkani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Konkani Dialects are spoken in different Konkani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Konkani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Konkani dialects include: Antruz Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Konkani Speaking population

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Sanskrit and Konkani Language Codes

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