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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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