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Konkani vs 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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Vietnamese and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Konkani language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 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 Vietnamese and Konkani Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Konkani Difficulty

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

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