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Konkani
कोंकणी
The word "Konkani" written in Devanagari script
Pronunciation
[kõkɳi] (in the language itself), [kõkɵɳi] (anglicised)
Native to
India
Region
Konkan (includes Goa and the coastal areas of Karnataka, Maharashtra and some parts of Kerala, Gujarat (Dang district) and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu)[1][2]
Ethnicity
Konkani
Native speakers
2.26 million (2011 census)[3]
Language family
Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Southern Zone
Marathi–Konkani
Konkani
Dialects
Dialect groups: Canara Konkani, Goan Konkani, Maharashtrian Konkani, Kerala Konkani
Individual dialects: Malvani, Mangalorean, Chitpavani, Antruz, Bardeskari, Saxtti, Nawayati, Daldi(Language of Nakhuda Dialect), Pednekari, Koli and Aagri[4]
Writing system
Past
Brahmi
Nāgarī
Goykanadi
Modi script
Present
Devanagari (official)
Roman[note 1]
Kannada[note 2]
Malayalam[5]
Perso-Arabic
Official status
Official language in
India
Goa[6]
Regulated by
Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy and the Government of Goa[7]
Konkani[note 3] (Devanagari: कोंकणी, Kannada: ಕೊಂಕಣಿ, Malayalam: കൊംകണീ, Perso-Arabic: کونکنی, Romi: Konknni, IAST: Kōṅkaṇī, IPA:[kõkɳi]) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily in the Konkan region, along the western coast of India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages mentioned in the Indian Constitution,[9] and the official language of the Indian state of Goa. It is also spoken in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala,[10] Gujarat as well as Damaon, Diu & Silvassa.
Konkani is a member of the Southern Indo-Aryan language group. It retains elements of Vedic structures and shows similarities with both Western and Eastern Indo-Aryan languages.[11] The first Konkani inscription is dated 1187 AD.[12]
There are many Konkani dialects spoken along and beyond the Konkan region, from Damaon in the north to Karwar in the south; most of which are only partially mutually intelligible with one another due to a lack of linguistic contact and exchanges with the standard and principal forms of Konkani. It is also spoken by migrants outside of the Konkan proper; in Nagpore, Surat, Cochin, Mangalore, Ahmedabad, Karachi, New Delhi etc.[13][14][15][16][17] Dialects such as Malvani, Chitpavani, Bombay East Indian, Koli and Aagri in coastal Maharashtra; are also threatened by language assimilation into the linguistic majority of non-Konkani states and territories of India.[18][19]
^Whiteley, Wilfred Howell (1974). Language in Kenya. Oxford University Press. p. 589.
^Kurzon, Denis (2004). Where East looks West: success in English in Goa and on the Konkan Coast Volume 125 of Multilingual matters. Multilingual Matters. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-85359-673-5.
^"Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
^Kapoor, Subodh (10 April 2002). The Indian Encyclopaedia: La Behmen-Maheya. Cosmo Publications. ISBN 9788177552713 – via Google Books.
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^"The Goa Daman and Diu Official Language Act" (PDF). Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
^"Konkani Language and History". Language Information Service. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
^"Distribution of the 22 Scheduled Languages- India/ States/ Union Territories – 2001 Census".
^Cardona, Jain, George, Dhanesh (2007). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge. pp. 1088 pages (see page:803–804). ISBN 9780415772945.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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^Administrator. "Department of Tourism, Government of Goa, India - Language". goatourism.gov.in.
^"Goan community celebrates World Goa Day". 14 September 2020.
^"Goans mourn demise of Karachi GOA founder".
^"Delhi Cabinet approves set-up of Konkani Academy in city: CM Kejriwal". 8 January 2021.
^"About | the Gowd Saraswath Samaj". Archived from the original on 3 November 2022.
^Parishad, Samyukta Maharashtra (1954). "Reorganization of States in India with Particular Reference to the Formation of Maharashtra: Being the Memorandum Submitted by the Samyukta Maharashtra Parishad to the States Reorganization Commission".
^"'Konkanis to be blamed for lingo's precarious state' - Times of India". The Times of India. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^Menezes, Vivek (8 September 2017). "Konkani: a language in crisis". mint. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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