I want to discuss the facts about konkani language and its status in konkan. How many konkanis can speak their mother tongue konkani?? This is the real question. Many of us dont know the fact that konkani is our own language. We r the real enemies of konkani language because we left our language and adopted Marathi. I am not against Marathi. I love Marathi. I have one blog in Marathi. But I cant forget my own language. Our language is dying friends. We have to save it.
As per the N. G. Kalelkar's classification, Based on the historical events and cultural ties of the speakers, N. G. Kalelkar has broadly classified the dialects of konkani into three main group
Northern Konkani: Dialects spoken in the Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra with strong cultural ties to Marathi. i.e. Malvani ,muslim, Chitpavan konkani
Central Konkani: Dialects in Goa, where Konkani came in close contact with Portuguese language and culture.
Southern Konkani: Dialects spoken in the Canara region of Karnataka which came in close contact with Tulu and Kannada.
Konkani is independent language. It have many dialects. Please know this fact and try to speak konkani language. You can use any dialect because ther is no major difference. According to me in ratnagiri, konkani is in very bad state. Only few bhandaris and muslim people speak konkani language. Chitpavans adopted marathi so they left konkani many years back. Many people don't know this fact that konkani is their language.I think N. G. Kalelkar's classification of dialects of konkani is the best classification. He introduced three child classes of konkani parent class.
First is Northern konkani which includes dialects spoken in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg Districts of Maharashtra. Northern konkani have great influence of Marathi on it. Northern konkani have different flavors like Chitpavani konkani, Malvani, konkani, Sangmeshwari Konkani etc. Northern konkani is still alive in Sindhudurg and Rajapur. Second and important one is Central Konkani Dialects in Goa, where Konkani came in close contact with Portuguese language and culture. Third is Southern Konkani Dialects spoken in the Canara region of Karnataka which came in close contact with Tulu and Kannada. We can include Agari in Northern konkani but debate is going on this issue.
As per the N. G. Kalelkar's classification, Based on the historical events and cultural ties of the speakers, N. G. Kalelkar has broadly classified the dialects of konkani into three main group
Northern Konkani: Dialects spoken in the Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra with strong cultural ties to Marathi. i.e. Malvani ,muslim, Chitpavan konkani
Central Konkani: Dialects in Goa, where Konkani came in close contact with Portuguese language and culture.
Southern Konkani: Dialects spoken in the Canara region of Karnataka which came in close contact with Tulu and Kannada.
Konkani is independent language. It have many dialects. Please know this fact and try to speak konkani language. You can use any dialect because ther is no major difference. According to me in ratnagiri, konkani is in very bad state. Only few bhandaris and muslim people speak konkani language. Chitpavans adopted marathi so they left konkani many years back. Many people don't know this fact that konkani is their language.I think N. G. Kalelkar's classification of dialects of konkani is the best classification. He introduced three child classes of konkani parent class.
First is Northern konkani which includes dialects spoken in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg Districts of Maharashtra. Northern konkani have great influence of Marathi on it. Northern konkani have different flavors like Chitpavani konkani, Malvani, konkani, Sangmeshwari Konkani etc. Northern konkani is still alive in Sindhudurg and Rajapur. Second and important one is Central Konkani Dialects in Goa, where Konkani came in close contact with Portuguese language and culture. Third is Southern Konkani Dialects spoken in the Canara region of Karnataka which came in close contact with Tulu and Kannada. We can include Agari in Northern konkani but debate is going on this issue.
History of Konkan on Wikipedia
Know the history of konkan and konkani people with the help of wikipedia. Know your culture,know your language and many more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_Language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkani_people
I got this research article on konkani while surfing. Article written by Dr. Krishnanand Kamat (Konkani Scholar).
Please read this article http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/konkani/konkani.htm
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We are 10 lakh konkanies are in Kerala. We had given first Konkani printed book "Hourtus Malabaricus". We had "Godde Ramayan", "Venkatesha Kalyan" "Srawon" and so many bookin konkani. We Shri.N.Purushothama Mallaya, Prof.R.K.Rao (late), P.G.Kamath(late). K. Gokuldas Prabhu, Sarathchandra Shenoy, R.S. Bhaskar as Sahitya Akademy award winners. Two hundered Books in konkani available.We have represantaion in Sahithya Akademy advisory committee from seventies. (Now it is me).So CONSIDER KERALA KONKANI.
Sorry. Shri P.G.Kamth is not a recepant of SA award. Shri.K.Ananda Bhat of Kochi is SA award winner. sorry once again for mistake.
First of all, before writing anything about Konkani or about this article I like your catch line in the title.
Ya Sivananda Sir. We are considering kerala konkani as part of konkani, but that is not included by kalelkar. Now We have started new blog http://konkanionline.blogspot.com/ In this blog we will defiantly consider kerala konkani. Kerala konkani people contribution is very important in the growth of konkani.
I am agree with u waman. Real great initiative u have taken. I wonder how u manage all these things at a time. Teaching with passion, websites, blogs, fb, social work hmmm .. keep it up
This is a great post, thanks for sharing it
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