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Urdu and Konkani


Konkani and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
India   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Marathi   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
40   
29
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Namaskar   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Not Available   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
Chike   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
Maf kor   

Bye
الوداع   
Adeus   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
India   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Not present   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Not present   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
ourdou   
konkani   

German Name
Urdu   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Kokani   

Language Position
20   
18
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
kok   

ISO 639 3
urd   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Urdu and Konkani Speaking population

Urdu and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Konkani on Urdu vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Konkani Language Codes

Urdu and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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