45 Facts About Konkani language

Reference to the name Konkani language is not found in literature prior to the 13th century.

The first reference of the name Konkani language is in "Abhanga 263" of the 13th century Hindu Marathi saint poet, Namadeva.

Konkani language has been known by a variety of names: Canarim, Concanim, Gomantaki, Bramana, and Goani.

Konkani language was commonly referred to as Lingua Canarim by the Portuguese and Lingua Brahmana by Catholic missionaries.

Thus the ancient Konkani language Prakrit was born as a confluence of the Indo-Aryan dialects while accepting many words from Dravidian speech.

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The influence of Paisachi over Konkani can be proved in the findings of Dr Taraporewala, who in his book Elements of Science of Languages ascertained that Konkani showed many Dardic features that are found in present-day Kashmiri.

Konkani language forms are rather more akin to Pali than the corresponding Sauraseni forms.

The major Sauraseni influence on Konkani language is the ao sound found at the end of many nouns in Sauraseni, which becomes o or u in Konkani language.

Archaic Konkani language born out of Shauraseni vernacular Prakrit at the earlier stage of the evolution, was commonly spoken until 875 AD, and at its later phase ultimately developed into Apabhramsha, which could be called a predecessor of old Konkani language.

Phrasal verbs are not so commonly used in Indo-Aryan languages; however, Konkani spoken in Dravidian regions has borrowed numerous phrasal verb patterns.

Language of these lines is Konkani according to S B Kulkarni and Jose Pereira (former professor, Fordham University, USA).

Early Konkani language was marked by the use of pronouns like dzo, ji, and je.

These events caused the Konkani language to develop into multiple dialects with multiple scripts.

Contemporary Konkani language is written in Devanagari, Kannada, Malayalam, Persian, and Roman scripts.

Konkani language was in decline, due to the use of Portuguese as the official and social language among the Christians, the predominance of Marathi over Konkani among Hindus, and the Konkani Christian-Hindu divide.

Konkani language saw this movement not just as a nationalistic movement against Portuguese rule, but against the pre-eminence of Marathi over Konkani.

Konkani language is regarded as the pioneer of modern Konkani literature and affectionately remembered as Shenoi Goembab.

Madhav Manjunath Shanbhag, an advocate by profession from Karwar, who with a few like-minded companions travelled throughout all the Konkani speaking areas, sought to unite the fragmented Konkani community under the banner of "one language, one script, one literature".

Konkani language succeeded in organising the first All India Konkani Parishad in Karwar in 1939.

Successive Adhiveshans of All India Konkani language Parishad were held at various places in subsequent years.

On 26 February 1975, the committee came to the conclusion that Konkani was indeed an independent and literary language, classified as an Indo-European language, which in its present state was heavily influenced by the Portuguese language.

Finally, fed up with the delay, Konkani language activists launched an agitation in 1986, demanding official status for Konkani language.

Konkani language originated and is spoken widely in the western coastal region of India known as Konkan.

The migratory trend has continued well into the post-colonial era and a significant number of Konkani language people are found in Kenya, Uganda, Pakistan, the Persian Gulf countries, Portugal and the European Union, and the British Isles and the rest of the Anglosphere.

Konkani language has been in danger of dying out over the years for many of the following reasons:.

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Konkani language regarded the Konkani spoken in coastal Maharashtra as a dialect of Marathi and not as a dialect of Goan Konkani itself.

Konkani language has 16 basic vowels, 36 consonants, 5 semi-vowels, 3 sibilants, 1 aspirate, and many diphthongs.

One of the most distinguishing features of Konkani language phonology is the use of, the close-mid central vowel, instead of the schwa found in Hindustani and Marathi.

In terms of syntax, Konkani is a head-last language, unlike English, which is an SVO language.

Konkani language vocabulary is made of, (evolved Sanskrit words), (indigenous words) and (foreign words).

The Portuguese influence is evident in the Marathi–Konkani language spoken in the former Northern Konkan district, Thane a variant of Konkani language used by East Indians Catholic community.

Konkani language is not highly Sanskritised like Marathi, but still retains Prakrit and apabhramsa structures, verbal forms, and vocabulary.

Konkani has been compelled to become a language using a multiplicity of scripts, and not just one single script used everywhere.

Konkani language is written in five scripts: Devanagari, Roman, Kannada, Malayalam, and Perso-Arabic.

Konkani language, despite having a small population, shows a very high number of dialects.

Goan Konkani refers to all the central dialects of the Konkani macrolanguage except for those that fall under Maharashtrian Konkani and Canarese Konkani.

The All India Konkani language Parishad founded on 8 July 1939, provided a common ground for Konkani language people from all regions.

The Konkani language Bhasha Mandal was born in Mumbai on 5 April 1942, during the Third Adhiveshan of All India Konkani language Parishad.

The Dalgado Konkani language Academy is a popular Konkani language organisation based in Panaji.

The Konkani language Ekvott is an umbrella organisation of the Konkani language bodies in Goa.

Udentichem Sallok was the first Konkani language periodical published in 1888, from Poona, by Eduardo Bruno de Souza.

Vincent Lobo, from Sangolda in Goa, who was then curator at the St Patrick's Church in Karachi, began it in 1915, to feed the spiritual thirst and hunger of the large number of Konkani language speaking people there, on noticing the absence of Konkani language spiritual literature.

Konkani language periodicals published in Goa include Vauraddeancho Ixtt, Gulab (Roman script, monthly), Bimb (Devanagari script, monthly), Panchkadayi (Kannada script, monthly) and Poddbimb (Roman script, monthly).

Konkani language periodicals published in Mangalore include "Raknno", "DIVO" (Kannada Script, weekly from Mumbai), "Kutmacho Sevak" (Kannada script, monthly), "Dirvem" (Kannada script, monthly), "Amcho Sandesh" (Kannada script, monthly) and "Kajulo" (Kannda script, children's magazine, monthly).

Konkani language periodical published in Udupi include "Uzwad" and Naman Ballok Jezu.

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