Konkani language

Konkani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily along a western coastal region Konkan of India. it is one of the 22 scheduled languages included in the 8th plan of the Indian Constitution and the official language of the Indian state of Goa. The number one Konkani inscription is dated 1187 A.D. it is a minority Linguistic communication in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat together with Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

Konkani is a segment of the Southern Indo-Aryan language group. It submits elements of Western and Eastern Indo-Aryan languages.

There are numerous Konkani dialects spoken along and beyond the Konkan, from Damaon in the north to Cochin in the South, nearly of which are only partially mutually intelligible with one another due to a lack of linguistic contact and exchanges with the specifics and principal forms of Konkani. Dialects such(a) as Malvani, Chitpavani, East Indian Koli and Aagri in coastal Maharashtra, are also threatened by language assimilation into the linguistic majority of non-Konkani States of India.

Geographical distribution

The Konkani language originated and is spoken widely in the western coastal region of India asked as Konkan. The native lands historically inhabited by Konkani people put the Konkan division of Maharashtra, the state of Goa and the territory of Daman, the Uttara Kannada, Udupi & Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, along with numerous districts in Kerala such(a) as Kasaragod, Kochi, Alappuzha, Thiruvananthapuram and Kottayam. any of the regions and areas hold developed distinct dialects, pronunciation and prose styles, vocabulary, tone and sometimes, significant differences in grammar.

According to the 2001 estimates of the Census Department of India, there were 2,489,016 Konkani speakers in India. The Census Department of India, 2011 figures increase the number of Konkani speakers in India as 2,256,502 making up 0.19% of India's population. Out of these, 788,294 were in Karnataka, 964,305 in Goa, 399,255 in Maharashtra, and 69,449 in Kerala. It ranks 19th on the List of Scheduled Languages by strength. The number of Konkani speakers in India fell by 9.34% in the decade 2001-2011. It is the only scheduled language except Urdu to realize a negative growth rate in the decade. A very large number of Konkanis equal outside India, either as expatriates NRIs with work visas or as naturalised citizens and permanent residents of other host countries immigrants. establish their numbers is difficult since Konkani is a minority language that is very often not recognised by censuses and surveys of various government agencies and NGOs catering to Indians abroad.