GOM ISO 639-3
Konkani, Goan
Konknni, कोंकणी (Konknni) Autonym
A language of India
- ISO 639
- gom
- Alternate Names
- Goan, Goanese Konkani, Gomataki, Konkani, Southern Kanara, “Goanese” (pej.)
- Autonym
- Konknni, कोंकणी (Konknni)
- Population
- 3,630,000 in India (2000). Total users in all countries: 3,707,000.
- Location:
- Maharashtra state: Ratnagari district, south coast strip; Goa, Karnataka, and Kerala states.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Southern, Konkani
- Dialects
- Bardeskari (Gomantaki), Sarasvat Brahmin, Chitpavani (Konkanasths), Daldi (Nawaits), Kudali (Malvani), Mangalore Standard Konkani (Goan). Daldi and Chitapavani [knn] are intermediate varieties between Goan Konkani [gom] and standard Konkani [knn]. A member of macrolanguage Konkani [kok].
- Language Use
- Also use English [eng]. Also use Konkani [knn].
- Language Development
- Grammar. Bible: 2006.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Konkani, Goan
- Writing
- Devanagari script [Deva], official usage. Kannada script [Knda]. Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Nairobi.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Christian. View other languages of Kenya
Language Name
Konkani, Goan
User Population
9,600 in Kenya (2020 Joshua Project). , based on ethnicity.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Pakistan
Language Name
Konkani, Goan
User Population
67,400 in Pakistan (2018).
Map
Location: Maharashtra state: Ratnagari district, south coast strip; Goa, Karnataka, and Kerala states.
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