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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.
Malvani is a dialect of Konkani with significant number of loanwords from Marathi. [1] Although Malvani does not have a unique script, the Devanagari script is used by most speakers. Malvani is sometimes used for sarcastic newspaper articles and local folk stage dramas known as Dashavatar .
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]
Konkani language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Konkan region of India.; Konkani alphabets, different scripts used to write the language . Konkani in the Roman script, one of the scripts used to write the language
Ironically, Konkani is at present the 'cement' that binds all Goans across caste, religion and class and is affectionately termed Konkani Mai (Mother Konkani). [33] Due to negative propaganda from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Marathi was made the official language of Goa following the Annexation of Goa in 1961. Konkani received official ...
Thakri, or Thakuri is a dialect of Marathi [1] spoken by about 100,000 people [2] of the Adivasi community in Raigad district, Maharashtra, India. It has traces of a non-Marathi substratum . [ 3 ] It is classified as a part of the Maharashtrian Konkani group of dialects according to ISO 639 .
The East Indian language or East Indian dialect, also known as Mobai Marathi [failed verification] and East Indian Mahratti [failed verification]; is the form of Marathi-Konkani languages spoken in Bombay (Mumbai). [2] It has a significant amount of Indo-Portuguese loanwords. [1] It does not have a unique script of its own.