Maharashtri Konkani

Konkani dialects

Maharashtri Konkani
Konkan Marathi
महाराष्ट्रीय कोंकणी
महाराष्ट्रीय कोकणी
Native toIndia
RegionKonkan
Native speakers
2.4 million (2001 census)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
DialectsThakri, Parabhi, Koli, Kiristanv, Kunbi, Agri Dhangari, Karadhi, Sangameshwari, Bankoti, Maoli
Writing system
Devanagari (official), Latin, Kannada, Malayalam and Persian
Language codes
ISO 639-3knn
Glottologkonk1267
Venn diagram of the ISO designations of the Konkani 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.[3]

Because speakers of Goan Konkani and Canara Konkani, which are distinct and different sets of Konkani dialects, refer to their language as simply "Konkani", Maharashtri Konkani is often mistakenly extended to cover these dialect groups [citation needed].

See also

References

  1. ^ Maharashtri Konkani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Glottolog 4.4 - Konkan Marathi".
  3. ^ Konkani Detailed Description — [permanent dead link]
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