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Vietnamese and Konkani


Konkani and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Vietnam   
India   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Govenment of Goa   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
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
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Cam on   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
xin vui lòng   
Chike   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
Maf kor   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
Adeus   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Goa   

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
vietnamien   
konkani   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Kokani   

Language Position
14   
13
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
kok   

ISO 639 3
vie   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Vietnamese and Konkani Speaking population

Vietnamese and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Konkani on Vietnamese vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Konkani Language Codes

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