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and Konkani A language of India ISO 639-3: knn Population 4,000,000 in India. Population total all countries: 4,004,490. Region North and central coastal strip of Maharashtra; Karnataka; Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Kerala. Also in Canada. Alternate names Bankoti, Concorinum, Cugani, Central Konkan, North Konkan, Konkan Standard, Konkanese, Konkani Mangalorean, Kunabi Dialects Agari of Kolaba, Parabhi (Kayasthi, Damani), Koli, Kiristav, Dhanagari, Bhandari, Thakuri (Thakari, Thakri, Thakua, Thakura), Karhadi, Sangamesvari (Bakoti, Bankoti), Ghati (Maoli), Mahari (Dhed, Holia, Parvari), Chitapavani. Dialects closely related; Chitapavani recognized as Standard Konkani. Local fishermen use the Koli dialect (Hukkeri). Related to Katkari [kfu] (dialects: Kathodi, Katvadi), Varli [vav], Phudagi [phd], Samvedi [smv], Mangelas. Classification Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Southern zone, Konkani A member of macrolanguage Konkani [kok] (India). Language use Official language. Language development Newspapers. Radio programs. Films. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1997. Writing system Devanagari script, official script. Kannada script, no longer in use. Latin script, no longer in use. Comments Hindu, Christian. This web edition of the Ethnologue contains all the content of the print edition and may be cited as: Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/. 2011/5/5 Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão <[email protected]>: > Konkani if derived from Sanskrit, is not a an ‘Indo-Aryan’ language. > Sanskrit is a ‘Indo-European” language. : > > http://www.indoaryans.org/ > > http://www.indhistory.com/aryan.html > > Unless one wants to say it has derived from Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam or > Telegu. > > Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
