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Konkani language variants of most Goan Catholic names are derived from Hebrew, Greek, and Latin names from the Old and New Testament Biblical canons. Nowadays Hindu names like Sandeep, Rahul and Anita, etc. are also given. Portuguese names like António, João, Maria, Ana are also common among Goan Catholics who follow Portuguese culture ...
Comedian Selvy, (1974–2022) playwright, singer, director and producer from Goa. Regarded as one of the greatest Konkani comedians of his generation. [124] Edmer Barreto, Indian writer, director, and actor who primarily works on the Konkani stage. [125] Hortencio Pereira, is a Konkani stage actor from Goa, India. He is a lyricist, writer ...
The region has been recognised by name, since at least the time of Strabo in the third century CE. [1] It had a thriving mercantile port with Arab tradesmen from the 10th century. [ 2 ] The best-known islands of Konkan are Ilhas de Goa , the site of the Goa state 's capital at Panjim ; also, the Seven Islands of Bombay , on which lies Mumbai ...
In 1847, this rule was extended to seminaries. In 1869, Konkani was completely banned in schools until Portugal became a Republic in 1910. [32] The result of this linguistic displacement was that Konkani in Goa became the língua de criados (language of the servants). [34] Hindu and Catholic elites turned to Marathi and Portuguese, respectively.
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Ancient name Modern name Asgav/Asgaon Assagao: Varenya/Varunapur Verna: Lattala Lotli/Loutolim: Mathagrama Margao/Madgao Kushasthali Kutthali/Cortalim: Ananta uruga( corrupted as Anantaurja) Antaruj ( also called as Ponda) Kudtarika Kudtari/Curtorim: Naagvhay Nagave/Nagoa: Banavalli/Banahalli Banavli/Benaulim: Survalli/Surahalli Suravali ...
This gives it a ranking of 515th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 326 inhabitants per square kilometre (840/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 8.63%. South Goa has a sex ratio of 980 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 85.53%. [9]
Majority of the population of Bardez Taluka speak Konkani as their mother tongue. According to the 2011 Census of India, 68.60% of the population of Bardez Taluka spoke Konkani, 9.95% Marathi, 7.88% Hindi, 3.57% Kannada, 2.04% English and 1.78% Urdu as their first language. [3]