Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India
  
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 in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
7.40 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.