Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Govenment of Goa
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Marathi
Derived From
Arabic Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Asante
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
Habari gani?
kaso assa?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Not Available
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Dis Borem Zavonn
I Love You
nakupenda
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
Samahani
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Antruz
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Goa
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Not present
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Not present
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
swahili
konkani
German Name
Swahili
Konkani
Pronunciation
Not Available
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Konkanis
Origin
6th century
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Kokani
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sw
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
goan1235
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Swahili and Konkani Speaking population
Swahili and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swahili and Konkani on Swahili vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Konkani Language Codes
Swahili and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.