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With the exception of Marathi and Goan Konkani, the languages have no official status. Most are considered to be a dialect of one of the larger local languages. Goan Konkani is the official language of the Indian state of Goa along with Marathi, which is the official language of Maharashtra, and both are also among India's scheduled languages.
Maharashtri Konkani or Konkan Marathi, is a group of Konkanic dialects spoken in the Konkan division of the Konkan region. [2] George Abraham Grierson , a British Indian linguist of the colonial era referred to these dialects as the Konkan Standard of Marathi in order to differentiate it inside the Konkani language group.
Konkani and Gujarati have many words in common, not found in Marathi. [58] The Konkani O (as opposed to the Marathi A, which is of different Prakrit origin), is similar to that in Gujarati. [58] The case terminations in Konkani, lo, li, and le, and the Gujarati no, ni, and ne have the same Prakrit roots. [58]
The Zee Marathi channel's February 2016 serial Ratris Khel Chale was a horror TV serial on the life of the Naik family from Malvan, and used Malvani as the main dialect. In January 2019, Ratris Khel Chale 2 was streamed in Malvani, as well as Gaav Gata Gajali which became popular for its focus on Malvani Culture & Lifestyle.
Konkani alphabets, different scripts used to write the language Konkani in the Roman script, one of the scripts used to write the language; Konkani phonology; Konkani language agitation, historic agitations in support of the language in Goa, India; Maharashtrian Konkani, a dialect of the Konkani language spoken in Maharashtra, India
In general, in Konkani the masculine form used to address a Konkani speaker is Koṅkaṇo and the feminine form is Koṅkaṇe. The plural form is Konkane or Konkani. In Goa Konkano now refers only to Hindus, and Konkani Catholics do not address themselves as Konkanos as they were banned by the Portuguese from referring to themselves this way.
Chitpavan Brahmins in Maharashtra speak Marathi as their language. The Marathi spoken by Chitpavans in Pune is the standard form of language used all over Maharashtra today. [4] This form has many words derived from Sanskrit and retains the Sanskrit pronunciation of many, misconstrued by non-standard speakers as "nasalised pronunciation". [66]
The Konkani language spoken in the Indian state of Goa has loanwords from multiple languages, including Arabic, Portuguese, English and Kannada. This is a list of loanwords in the Konkani language . Portuguese words in Konkani