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Urdu vs Konkani


Konkani vs 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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Urdu and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Konkani language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Konkani Language History.

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

Urdu vs Konkani Difficulty

The Urdu vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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