Konkani
Konkani (कोंकणी) | ||
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Spoken in |
India ( Goa , Maharashtra , Karnataka ) | |
speaker | 2.3 million | |
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Official status | ||
Official language in | India , state of Goa | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639 -1 |
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ISO 639 -2 |
coke |
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ISO 639-3 |
kok (macro language) Individual languages included:
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Konkani (कोंकणी) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken on the west coast of India , especially in the state of Goa . Konkani is closely related to Marathi , the dialect of which it is sometimes viewed. However, it has gone through an expansion process and can therefore be considered a language of its own. Since Goa was a Portuguese colony for more than 400 years , Konkani has incorporated many Portuguese expressions.
The main focus of the Konkani spread is in Goa, where Konkani speakers make up around two thirds of the population. Larger Konkanis-speaking minorities also live in the coastal areas of the neighboring states of Maharashtra , Karnataka and Kerala . According to the 2011 Indian census, Konkani is spoken by 2.3 million people as their mother tongue. Of these, around 960,000 live in Goa, 790,000 in Karnataka, 400,000 in Maharashtra and 70,000 in Kerala. The Konkani is the official language in the state of Goa. In addition, it is recognized as one of 22 constitutional languages in India on a supraregional level .
Konkani is usually written in Devanagari , but it can also be represented in the Latin alphabet . In Karnataka, the language is usually written in the Kannada script .
literature
- Colin P. Masica: The Indo-Aryan Languages. Cambridge University Press, 1991, ISBN 0-521-23420-4 .