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Swahili and Konkani


Konkani and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
24  
6
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Namaskar  

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  

Please
tafadhali  
Chike  

Sorry
pole  
Maf kor  

Bye
bye  
Adeus  

I Love You
nakupenda  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
7.40 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
6th century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
kok  

ISO 639 3
swa  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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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.

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