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	Konkani Heritage at Kamat's Potpourri -- The Origins of the Konkani Language
		In south and north Kanaras, Konkani language was influenced by Kannada, and in Kerala, the Malayalam words were integrated to the language.
		They called Konkani the language of the Brahmins, language of the Kanarese, language of Goan Brahmins, etc. The clergy translated the Christian religious texts to Konkani with the help of the converts and a new form of Konkani literature was born.
		The Konkani of Kerala is drenched with Malayalam, and the Konkanis of north Karnataka add Kannada verbs to Konkani grammar.
	www.kamat.com /kalranga/konkani/konkani.htm (1549 words)

	A Brief History of Konkan, it's People & Konkani Language
		The origin of the name of the language 'Konkani' has to be traced back of 'Konkan' which is the name of a distinct tract of land, by and large on the western part of the Deccan peninsula.
		Konkani is the language spoken by the people who are predominantly found in Goa and the stretch of land along the Arabian Sea on the western side of the Deccan Peninsula which has been referred to as Konkan.
		Konkani has now been sought to be established as a separate language of the Southern group of the outer sub-group of the Indo-Aryan subfamily and not a Marathi dialect as classified in the linguistic survey....
	www.unc.edu /~dsouza/Konkanis_files/75_A_Brief_History_o.htm (3264 words)

	Konkani language Information
		Konkani is not a dialect of Marathi and it has been established that when the Konkani language had reached maturity, the Marathi language was in its developmental stages.
		The Konkani language is spoken widely in the Konkan region consisting of Goa, south coastal Maharashtra, coastal Karnataka and Kerala, each region having a unique dialect and pronunciation style.
		The language was brought to these areas by Hindu Konkani speakers fleeing the Portuguese inquisition of Goa during the early years of Portuguese rule.
	www.bookrags.com /Konkani_language (570 words)

	Yakshagana
		Konkani is spoken on the western coast of India from the southern end of Kerala to the northern end of coastal Maharastra.
		The different dialects or forms of Konkani have special and peculiar feature, because the Konkani language area is a long narrow coastal trip and is in the midst of divergent languages surrounding it.
		Konkani is yet to accept a common script for all regions.
	www.yakshagana.com /Konkani.HTM (351 words)

	BhashaIndia.com :: Konkani
		The members of this branch of languages draw heavily from the influences of Sanskrit, widely considered to be one of the oldest languages in the world.
		Konkani began its evolution as a vernacular form of Sanskrit and showed little traces of influence of any other language till around the 16th century.
		Konkani, a traditional Devanagari script was propagated under the Roman script thanks to the forceful influence of the Portuguese in Goa.
	www.bhashaindia.com /Patrons/LanguageTech/Konkani.aspx (695 words)

	Konkani language, alphabet and pronunciation
		Konkani is an Indo-Ayran language with about 7.6 million speakers mainly in the western Indian region of Konkan, which is make up of parts of the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala.
		Konkani was orginally written with the Brahmi script, but this was eventually replaced by a number of other scripts, including Devanagari, which is used to write Konkani in Goa; the Latin alphabet, which also popular in Goa.
		Konkani is a language of India, and belongs to the Indo-European family of languages.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/konkani (218 words)

	Welcome to GSB Konkani
		Although Konkani language is identified with an area geographically, it is surprising that only we, the Gowda Saraswat Brahmins are called 'konkanis', 'konkans' or 'konkanigaru'.
		When in the schools, the education was imparted in the language of the respective states, Konkani did not receive the proper weightage and the position and so it became weak and poor.
		In Kerala, Konkani is being taught as a recognised language.
	www.gsbkonkani.net /konkani.htm (1319 words)

	Konkani Community Page
		The origin of the name of the language Konkani has to be traced back of Konkan which is the name of a distinct tract of land, by and large on the western part of the Deccan peninsula, India.
		Konkani is the language spoken by the people who are predominantly found in Goa and the stretch of land along the Arabian Sea on the western side of the Deccan Peninsula which has been referred to as Konkan.
		The invaders tried to exterminate the language by issuing a royal proclamation in 1684 forbidding the use of Konkani by the native population.
	members.tripod.com /~sudhapai/konkani.html (2006 words)

	Goa Languages,Main Languages of Goa India,Konkani Language of Goa
		Language is believed to be the first step to conviviality followed by the tone, pitch and way of expressing thoughts.
		Marathi and Konkani are the dominating languages of Goa.
		The language of Goa, a sea-drenched land, is unbelievably melodious to the ears.
	www.shubhyatra.com /goa/languages.html (753 words)

	Official Website of Department of Tourism, Goa, India
		On the other hand, Portuguese, the language of the colonial rulers and the official language till 1961 before liberation, notwithstanding the official patronage and a compulsory medium of study, failed to make a dent in the mind of the majority of Goans.
		Konkani is also written in Kannada in Karnataka and in Malayalam script in some parts of Kerala.
		Konkani is the official language of Goa and is being used in all the offical correspondence.
	www.goatourism.org /People/konkani.htm (470 words)

	KSA - AMGELI MATRUBHASHA - KONKANI?
		When the new State of Goa declared Konkani written in the Devanagari script to be the official language, Konkani could be said to have come into its own, and Konkani lovers must have dreamt of a golden age of Konkani.
		By far the greatest hindrance to Konkani medium is the anxiety of parents that their children would not be able to cope up with English in Std V if they do not begin English right from the start.
		Consequently Konkani was the first loser because in any state the local language gets the pride of place, whereas here it is reduced to the state of an orphan in the matter of allocating facilities and funds for development.
	www.kanarasaraswat.org /AmgeliMatrubhasha.html (2881 words)

	GOANEWS - BY SANDESH PRABHUDESAI
		Raju Nayak, the president of Konkani Bhasha Mandal, has however wholeheartedly welcomed the court verdict stating that the issue of dual linguistic status has been set at rest and now is the time to implement the official language act and work for the development of Konkani language.
		Konkani was then also recognised by the Sahitya Academy in 1975 as an independent language while the state-wide violent agitation forced the then Congress government to make it state official language in 1987.
		While the language controversy had kept Goans fighting amongst themselves on the linguistic issue all these years since its liberation in 1961, Goan population has become double, from seven lakh to 15 lakh in spite of attaining best birth control rate, the prime reason being huge influx of outsiders in almost all the sectors.
	www.goanews.com /1apr00.htm (753 words)

	International conference on Universal Knowledge-2002
		Noted Konkani writer, Udai Bhembre, who presented his paper on ‘History of Konkani language’ yesterday said that the history of Konkani language is the history of a language which was being taken for crucifixion but fortunately was not killed.
		Their dialect was influenced by Prakrit languages and that led to the birth of Konkani language in the 10th century.
		The language research group in Anna University in Tamil Nadu is creating the Tamil -UNL system which will be presented at the conference by TCS and Media Lab Asia which are leading industries of this country which have groups devoted to building UNL based systems.
	www.cfilt.iitb.ac.in /icukl2002/newslink.html (1961 words)

	GOA KONKANI AKADEMI - promoting the development of Konkani language, literature and culture.
		KONKANI language is mostly spoken on the western coast of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala.
		Konkani lexicograper late Sripad Desai affirms that Konkani was emerged from Apabhansha language in and around 10 to 12 centuries AD.
		Portuguese rulers referred to Konkani as lingua Konkana (language of Konkan), ligua Canari (kanari language), lingua de Goa (language of Goa) lingua Konkani (language Konkani).
	www.goakonkaniakademi.org /konkaniweb/language-literature.htm (2717 words)

	Welcome to Bellevision Global
		Konkani Academy President Eric Ozario said that Konkani will be introduced as an optional language in the next academic year in schools.
		The dictionary gives Konkani meanings with their synonyms, and also examples he said and added that Mr Quadros had not only taken words from various dictionaries but has also included words brought into use by the Konkani intelligentsia.
		He also urged the Academy to bring to out a booklet on Konkani language so that it will be useful for the foreigners who visit the coastal district and help them in communicating with the people.
	www.bellevision.com /newshead.asp?nhid=3918 (364 words)

	Official language
		The Konkani language is spoken widely in the Konkan region consisting of Goa, south coastal Maharashtra, coastal Karnataka and Kerala, each region having a unique dialect and pronunciation style.
		It is said that the language was spread to these areas by the Goans who fled the Portuguese inquisition of Goa during the early years of Portuguese rule.
		The Konkani language had been in danger of dying out — the progressive Westernisation of the Indian subcontinent (including the strong Portuguese influence in Goa from the 16th century) has resulted in English being widely spoken among Catholics, while local influence has led to Marathi being widely adopted by Konkani Hindus living in coastal Maharashtra.
	www.tagate.com /india/official_language.shtml (528 words)

	Roadmap for faster development and standardisation of Konkani :: Goanet :: Where Goans connect
		Konkani saw better days in the 16th century when European missionaries embarked upon its systematic study and created religious literature in it.
		Konkani is being taught in schools in Kochi as a part of the curriculum.
		This situation is not conducive to the propagation of Konkani literature at all.
	www.goanet.org /index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=226 (2809 words)

	India Together: Goa wrestles with language in schools - 06 February 2007
		While Konkani is the spoken language of daily communication in Goa, it has lost ground to Marathi as a medium of education and written communication.
		Even after declaration of Konkani as the official language of the state, its support base in schools is mainly restricted to the Christian and Saraswat communities.
		Incredibly, although Konkani is a widely spoken language, the number of government primary schools teaching in the Konkani medium are less than the Kannadiga medium schools catering to the migrant community, said Father Naik, director of The Thomas Stephens Konkani Institute.
	www.indiatogether.org /2007/feb/edu-goalingo.htm (2377 words)

	About Konkani Language
		Konkani is an Indo-European language spoken in India by about 3-4 million people according to the 2001 census.
		It is the state language of Goa and 57% of the population speak the language currently.
		In time, the language came to be accepted and new strains with a lot of admixture of Portuguese words emerged.
	www.ling.hawaii.edu /~uhdoc/konkani (660 words)

	Konkani Language
		Konkani is an exuberant language, belonging to Indo-Aryan language group, widely spoken on the western coast of India, namely Konkan.
		He is regarded as the pioneer of modern Konkani literature, also took initiative of this revival by composing several writings in Konkani language.
		Bengali Language evolved from Prakrit, Pali and Sanskrit and an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern India.
	www.indianetzone.com /7/konkani_language.htm (1408 words)

	The Konkani Language, Konkani the language widely spoken in Goa, Konkani the mother tongue of the people in Goa
		The Konkani language is the most widely spoken mother tongue of people in each and every part of Goa and is highly responsible for unification of the Goan population.
		The Konkani language was initially banned by the Portuguese who destroyed all literary works and books written in Konkani and insisted that Portuguese should be the medium of learning at educational level and used in administrative purposes.
		Constant debates have been fought over the language to make it official as opposed to Marathi, which is believed to be derived from the Konkani language.
	www.goaholidayhomes.com /info/85-the-konkani-language (390 words)

	Konkani Language - www.udupipages.com
		The Navayets are mainly settled in Bhatkal and the Kufis of North Kanaka and Ratnagiri.
		Konkanies represent less than 0.5% of India’s population but they have established a distinct place for themselves in all the streams.
		In 1992 Konkani was included in the 8th schedule of constitution of India and awarded the status of a National Language.
	www.udupipages.com /home/culture/konkan.html (474 words)

	CLP’s decision on Romi, Marathi scripts \| oHERALDo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The issue is of script, not of language, because it is well accepted that Konkani is the mother tongue of the state, he said.
		The BJP government had given financial support to Roman script, and he is for giving positive support to languages because it is a medium of communication and should not be the cause of discord in the society, he said.
		KBM demands that the present Official Language Act be preserved intact and it be strongly implemented to bring about integration and growth of the Konkani people. This CLP act is clearly motivated by political opportunism in view of the coming assembly elections.
	oheraldo.in /node/22655 (764 words)

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		The present day Konkani too belongs to this latter day category just like many of its sister languages, even as its origin could be traced back to a fairly ancient past, and even as it does bear the stamp of that originality to this day.
		Prakrits were strong and sturdy languages with conspicuous characteristics, and each Prakrit bore the individuality of the ethnic group, which it represented, or else, it had a base region to which it belonged exclusively.
		Konkanis all over the country have necessarily been quite vociferous in the past, for and on behalf of, their language.
	www.gsbkerala.com /saratshenoy.htm (4085 words)

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