Maharashtri Konkani

Not to be confused with Goan Konkani.

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]

Maharashtri Konkani
Konkan Marathi
महाराष्ट्रीय कोंकणी
Native to	India
Region	Konkan
Native speakers	2.4 million (2001 census)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Southern Zone Marathi–Konkani Maharashtri Konkani
Dialects	Thakri, Parabhi, Koli, Kiristanv, Kunbi, Agri Dhangari, Karadhi, Sangameshwari, Bankoti, Maoli
Writing system	Devanagari (official), Latin, Kannada, Malayalam and Persian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	knn
Glottolog	konk1267

Venn diagram of the ISO designations of the Konkani languages

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

• Malvani language

References

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