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 in
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Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
Xin loi
upkar korxi
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
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Kokani
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
vi
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
viet1252
goan1235
Linguasphere
46-EBA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
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.