(Some notable Goans)
Some notable Goans (including those of ancestral descent)
Regions with significant populations
Goa Maharashtra United Kingdom Portugal
Rest of India Rest of the world
450,000 150,000 149,000 (of which 25,000 in Swindon alone)[1][2] 100,000 (of which the overwhelming majority are Goan Catholics)[3][4] 200,000[5] 350,000[6]
Languages
Primary: Goan Konkani Additional: Marathi (incl. Bombay Mahratti), Hindi–Urdu, Portuguese & English
Religion
Global Predominance: Christianity Global Minority: Hinduism, Islam and others
Related ethnic groups
Other Konkani people: Bombayites, Bombay East Indians, Basseinites, Mangaloreans Norteiro people & Luso-Indians
Due to mass emigration of people (mainly Goan Catholics) from Goa, as well as mass migration from mainland India, since 1961, the Ethnic, Religious and Cultural Demographics of Goa State have been severely altered. This exchange of population has made the natives a virtual minority in their homeland.[5]
Note: This article is for information on the ethnic Goan people (many in diaspora), and not residents living within the Indian State of Goa.
Goans (Konkani: गोंयकार, Romi Konkani: Goenkar, Portuguese: Goeses) is the demonym used to describe the people native to Goa, India, who form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Indo-Portuguese, Austro-Asiatic ethnic and/or linguistic ancestries.[7][8] They speak different dialects of the Konkani language, collectively known as Goan Konkani. "Goanese", although sometimes used, is an incorrect term for Goans.[9]
^"Postcard from Goa".
^"Goa Swindon Association: Uniting, supporting Goans in Swindon".
^"Goeses em Portugal".
^"Goan Catholics in Portugal". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04.
^ abRajesh Ghadge (2015), The story of Goan Migration.
^"Goans abroad".
^Pereira, José (2000). Song of Goa: mandos of yearning. Aryan Books International. pp. 234 pages. ISBN 9788173051661.
^Cabral e Sá, Mário (1997). Wind of fire: the music and musicians of Goa. Promilla & Co. pp. 373 pages(see page 62). ISBN 9788185002194.
language, collectively known as Goan Konkani. "Goanese", although sometimes used, is an incorrect term for Goans. Goans are generally multilingual, but...
province was dominating the Goan culture, Marathi language and culture was embraced by Goans. Now, Marathi has embraced the Goans and would not leave them...
distance from Portugal, Goans (like the people of Macão and Timor) had a high level of autonomy, although still a part of Portugal. Goans moved for work to...
Missouri, not far from the Kansas border. Goans recorded her first album, The Way I Remember It, in 2010. Teea Goans was singing in church by the time she...
independence of Goa on education opportunities for Goans, Peculiar social and economic changes affecting Goans and changing demography vis-a-vis small size...
destroyed. Mostly the native Goans had to pay the price from the outnumbered non-goan muslims. Goan Muslims as well as Goans from other religions are governed...
a list of notable people from Goa, India. This list includes Goans and persons of Goan origin. The names are arranged in alphabetical order in their...
Canja de Goa (Goan soup) is a typical soup of the Indo-Portuguese cuisine of Goa, Daman and Diu, which once formed part of the Portuguese India, and is...
Sardesai and Shikha Pandey remain the only Goans to date to play international cricket for India. Another Goan cricketer, Suyash Prabhudessai was selected...
pp. 34–36. Mascarenhas-Keyes, Stella (1979), Goans in London: portrait of a Catholic Asian community, Goan Association (U.K.) Robinson, Rowina (2003),...
related to the old United Goans Party. The name United Goans Democratic Party is a mere spin-off of the name of the United Goans Party, and their election...
for the United Goans Party came from its second in command, Dr. Loyola Furtado, who many consider as the brains behind the United Goans Party. The main...
state of India. Goans are commonly said to be born with music and football in their blood because both are deeply entrenched in Goan culture. According...
Party (a Pro-Maharashtra Goan Party) wanted to merge the state of Goa into the newly formed state of Maharashtra. The United Goans Party wanted to retain...
Indian state of Goa United Goans Party Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) led Muzaffar Xec and Zabir Ahmed Shaikh United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP)...
Wallis Mathias for Pakistan in 1955 Antao D'Souza for Pakistan in 1959 Dilip Sardesai for India in 1961 Paras Mhambrey for India in 1996 Jack Britto for...
along the west coast of India, and is known for its many sportsmen. Goans in football Goans in cricket Indian Football Goa Football Association v t e...
Revolutionary Goans"". Goa News Hub. Archived from the original on 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-03. Team (2022-10-06). "Revolutionary Goans is not for sale:...
days of Portuguese Goa and British rule in Pre-Partition India many Goans and non-Goan Konkani people went to foreign countries as economic migrants to the...
creating diaspora communities such as Pakistani Goans and Goans in the Swindon area of the UK. Goans first worked for the British in 1779 at the time...
Goan Catholic names and surnames encompass the different types of names and surnames used by the Goan Catholics of Goa. Konkani language variants of most...
Island. Some Goans (e.g. Conspiracy of the Pintos) resented Portuguese rule and wanted to lead Goa themselves under the rule of local Goans. There were...
Goan cuisine consists of regional foods popular in Goa, an Indian state located along India's west coast on the shore of the Arabian Sea. Rice, seafood...
wet varieties tend to be longer than the dry ones. Goan chouriço should be distinguished from "Goan frankfurters", which look similar to equivalents in...
native Goans from Goa to cosmopolitan Indian cities (e.g. Mumbai, Bangalore) and foreign countries, combined with mass immigration of non-Goans from the...
the school. By 1934, the Goans' Overseas Association, an organisation of Goans in the diaspora, was able to provide the Goan community with a full primary...
Tio Hian Goan (Chinese: 陳煒軒; 1911 – unknown) was a footballer who represented the Dutch East Indies at the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games. He was...
controlled Goa until 1961, when India took over. Only a very small fraction of Goans speak Portuguese nowadays. Although an essential religious language, there...
Most Goan houses standing today were built between the 18th century and the early part of the 20th century. They display a mix of neo-Classic and neo-Gothic...
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