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Konkani vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
India  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
22  
12
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Gracias  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Por Favor  
Chike  

Sorry
triste  
Maf kor  

Bye
adiós  
Adeus  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
Not Available  

Native Name
Español  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
konkani  

German Name
Spanisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
210 BC  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Kokani  

Language Position
2  
2
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
kok  

ISO 639 3
spa  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Spanish and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Konkani language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Konkani Language History.

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

Spanish vs Konkani Difficulty

The Spanish vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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