Countries
India
  
India
  
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 in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Konkani language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Konkani Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.