Konkani is the official language of India’s western and coastal state,
Goa. However, the language is spoken widely across four states-
Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala, albeit in different dialects,
its use is somewhat limited to coastal regions only. It is the only
Indian language written in five different scripts - Devnagari, Roman,
Kannada, Malayalam and Persian-Arabic. Though Konkani was recognized as the official language of Goa on January
4, 1987, it was only after five more years, on August 20, 1992, it was
given status of a national language in India, through the 71st Amendment
to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India. Konkani now
features in the 15 languages in which the value is printed on Indian
Rupee currency notes.
The people: The Konkanies are said to have originally hailed from
central Asia. According to the available evidence around 4000 B. C. they
were settled to an agrarian life, supplemented by cattle grazing, on
the banks of river Sraswathi which is a tributary of River Indus.The first Konkani newspaper O Konkani was published in 1886. The others
are Salak In 1889, Rakno 1938 , Sunampranth which is published from Goa.Konkani grammar is similar to other Indo-Aryan languages. Notably,
Konkani grammar is also influenced by Dravidian languages. Konkani is a
language rich in morphology and syntax. It cannot be described as a stress-timed language, nor as a tonal language.Konkani is
widely spoken in the west coast of India. Unfortunately, it did not
receive the respect or status it deserved and hence resulted in lack of
literature or patronage of the language. The Konkani writers and
scholars who enriched the Kannada, Marathi and English Literatures have
done very little for their mother tongue.The language
spoken by the Saraswats from time immemorial is Konkani and it must be
probably for this reason that the land occupied by them in the west
coast of South India is called Konkan. Early adopters used the Brahmi
script and subsequently due to the local influence, Nagari was used for
the benefit of much larger audience.
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