Konkani language

Konkani
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)
Ethnicity	Konkani
Native speakers	2.26 million (2011 census)
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;
Writing system	Past Brahmi; Nāgarī; Goykanadi; Modi script; ; Present Devanagari (official); Roman; Kannada; Malayalam; Perso-Arabic; ;
Official status
Official language in	India Goa; ;
Regulated by	Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy and the Government of Goa
Language codes
ISO 639-2	kok
ISO 639-3	kok – inclusive code; Individual codes:; gom – Goan Konkani; knn – Maharashtrian Konkani
Glottolog	goan1235 Goan Konkani; konk1267 Konkan Marathi
	Distribution of native Konkani speakers in India

Konkani (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, and the official language of the Indian state of Goa. It is also spoken in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, 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. The first Konkani inscription is dated 1187 AD.

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. 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.

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