Category:Goa Conkene (Language)

This language is also known as Goanese Konkani, Goan, and Gomataki.

This language is spoken by over 3,630,000 people in the area called Goa.

Goa is located on the western coast of the Indian peninsula. It is separated from Maharashtra in the north, Karnataka in the south, the Western Ghats in the east, and the Arabian Sea in the west by the Terekhol River.

It is also spoken in Kenya and the United Arab Emirates.

In the early 16th and 17th centuries, the Portuguese who were colonizing Goa stamped out the use of Konkani and burnt all records of literary works. Portuguese aggressively converted Goans to Christianity, which caused many Goans to leave the area, causing the blending of different scripts of the major state languages of India of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Kerala.

When the Muslim ruler, Tippu Sultan attacked Western Goa, he martyred many of the Goan Christians, took most of the others as prisoners and forced them to convert to Islam. Consequently, the Konkani they speak has influences of Urdu in it. -- See Also Goanese Konkani (India) Rosary Prayers Goa Conkene Rosary Prayers Konkani (India) Rosary Prayers

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NOTES FOR PRONOUNCIATION
O > o > otmo, ojeap, sot, mon, dhon.

A > a > amchea, asa, rat, tan, kan.

X > sh > xit, xikxa, odheokx, dikxa, xok.

T > t > ton, toddov, taka, vat, nontor.

TH > th > thor, orth, thir, svarth, thoravoll.

TT > tt > vatt, dixtt, petto, grotto, vantto.

TTH > tth > tthokki, tthev, patth, goxtth, duxtthi.

T.T > t.t > pot.to, ut.tim, bat.tis, ut.tor, at.tam.

D > d > gado,duddu, doial, dudh, desvat.

DH > dh > dhikkar, dhoxi, dhoni, dhinvas, budhvont.

DD > dd > guddo, paddo, kudd, nadd, divodd.

DDH > ddh > donddhovnni, ddhokhai,

D.D > d.d > ud.dhar, chod.dor, god.dar,

L > l > palo, ulo, khelo, kholo, melo.

LL > ll > pollo, dollo, bhollo, mollem, dhallo.

L.L > l.l > il.lem, mellul.lem, sangul.lem, uloil.lem, kolloil.lem.

NN > nn > khann, jevonn, makhnni, dekhnni, vakhann.nni.

IO > io (yo) > iogi, iogdan, kariokrom, ioxodham, iojon.

IA > ia (ya) > toiari, iazok, vidiarthi, doia, monniari, Somia.

IE > ie (ye) > doien, nitollkaien, sosaien, korunnaien, i

IU > iu (yu) > iug, koli-iug, iuvok, iuvozonn, iugantor.

Konkanim

Alphabet - Pronunciation

A-AH

B-BAY

C-SAY

D-DAY

E-EH

F-EF

G-JAY

H-AGA

I-EE

J-JOTH

K-KA

L-EL

M-EM

N-EN

O-OH

P-PAY

Q-KAY

R-ERR

S-ESS

T-TAY

U-OOH

V-VAY

W-DUBB-LEW

X-CINZ

Y-EGREJ

Z-ZED

NUMBERS KONKANIM PRONUNCIATION 1 EKK (ACHE) 2 DHON (DONNE) 3 TIN (TEEN) 4 CHAR (CHA-AR) 5 PA-ANCH (PHUNCH) 6 SO (SOW) 7 SA-ATH 8 ATT (ART) 9 NOV 10 DA (DHA)

This language is spoken by 4,000,000 people on the north and central coastal strip of Maharashtra; Karnataka, Kerala, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli in India.

Konkani has 5 written scripts:Roman, Kannada, Devanagari, Malayalam, and Perso-Arabic. Devanagari is the official script, but there is no set written format, although there is work in progress on standardizing the written format.