Countries
South Africa
  
India
  
National Language
South Africa
  
India
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Govenment of Goa
  
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
Ndicela
  
Chike
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Goa
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
xhosa
  
konkani
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Kokani
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Konkani language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Konkani Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.