Konkani has so many dialects and pronunciations From my mothers village barely 5 kms from my fathers, the words change. The copper pot we draw well water from in Mummy’s village is kousso and here in Colvale we say kodso. By the time w reach South Goa, the word changes altogether. W
Sent from my iPad Pro www.wendellrodricks.com Address: Wendell Rodricks, Campal, Panjim, Goa. 403001. INDIA Off: +91-832-2420604 Shop:+91-832-2238177 E-retail: wendellrodricks.com > On 12-Jan-2019, at 5:48 AM, eric pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Satish Joglekar <s > > Great Info. > I forgot to mention a thing about the language of the Chitpavans. Their > language was > Chitpavani a dialect of Konkani. For example in Chitpavani 'My house' is > 'Amla Ghar' > in Goa it is 'Amcho Ghar', Manglore Konkani it is 'Amgile Ghar' and so on > with various flavours of Konkani . > The Chitpavani is no longer a living language. All Chitpavans aka Kokanasthas > have adopted Marathi. > > About your earlier message > My grandfather retired from Accountants General Office, Mumbai. > He once narrated an experience with his British boss. > The Brit told my grandfather 'We need an accountant - please recommend a > Brahmin or a Parsi only ' > > Satish Joglekar > > >
