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Xhosa vs Konkani


Konkani vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
43   
32
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
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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.11 %   
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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Xhosa and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Konkani language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century 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 Xhosa and Konkani Language History.

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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.

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