In Goa, Konkani is the sole official language ; however, Marathi may also be used for all official purposes.

The name " Bassein " is the English version of the Portuguese " Baçaim " ( with the " ç " spoken as " s " and with the " m " silent ), itself a version of an apparently native name that may have a connection to the Vasa Konkani tribals of the North Konkan region, extending from Mumbai into " South Gujarat.

It continued to be the de jure capital of Gôa until 1843, when the capital was then shifted to Pangim ( Ponnjê in Konkani, Nova Goa in Portuguese and Panjim in English ).

In Konkani, it would be Navve varsache shubhashyay, Samvatsar padvyachi shubheccha.

Since the Norteiros are ethnic Konkani people, the substrate of the Daman creole is likely to be Konkani.

The new piece of land thus recovered came to be known as Konkan meaning piece of earth or corner of earth, kōṇa ( corner )+ kaṇa ( piece ). This legend has been mentioned in Sahyadrikhanda of the Skanda Purana. Language panel on an Indian banknote, depicting Konkani, sixth from top

These primitive Australoid tribes, once were pre-historic inhabitants of Goa and Konkan. Nothing more is known about the. Modern communities like Gaudes, Kunbis, Mahars of Konkan today are supposed to be the modern representatives of Proto-Australoids. Originally hunter-gatherers later developed a primitive form of agriculture. Few Konkani words related to agriculture find their roots in Proto-Australoid dialects, e. g.: kumeri-type of farming, mer-field boundary, zonn-share of the surplus production, khazan-type of farm land, kudd-room, body, khomp-hut. These tribes from Konkan speaking early Dravidian languages ( see: Kurukh language ) are believed to be the Mediterraneans. Historians ( Sbjobreg1990: 48 ) maintain that the paleo-Mediterraneans who came to India from north-west passes as early Dravidians formed a heterogeneous racial sub-type. These Mediterraneans or Dravidians as many historians call them, knew the craft of systematized agriculture, and inhabited most of the neolithic India.

Though Konkani shows Dravidian substratum it definitely belongs to Indo-Ayan branch and is inflexive and non-dravidian, and is less distant from Sanskrit as compared to other modern Indo-Aryan languages. Konkani as per linguists is a fusion of variety of Prakrits. This could be attributed to confluence of the immigrants that Konkan coast has witnessed since times immemorial.

Many of them spoke Indo-Aryan Prakrit vernacular languages, akin to Vedic Sanskrit, still some spoke Dravidian, Desi dialects. Thus the ancient of Konkani Prakrit was born as a confluence of the Indo-Aryan dialects while accepting many words from the Dravidian speech. Some linguists associate Shauraseni to be its progenitor whereas some call it Paisaci. The influence of Paisachi over Konkani can be proved from the findings of Dr. Taraporewala who, in his book Elements of Science of Languages, Calcutta University, he ascertains that Konkani shows many Dardic features which are found in present day Kashmiri language.

Another example could be the sound of ण in the beginning of the words, is still retained in many Konkani words as in archaic Shauraseni.

: णव nine. Archaic Konkani born out of Shauraseni vernacular Prakrit at the earlier stage of the evolution and later Maharashtri prakrit, commonly spoken until 875 CE at its later phase ultimately developed into Apabhramsha which could be called as predecessor old Konkani.

Significant number of people from Malyalam speaking, Bangla speaking, Gujrati speaking, Kannada, Konkani & Tulu speaking, Tamil speaking, Hindi & Bhojpuri speaking and Punjabi speaking are to be found here.

In 1812, the Archbishop decreed that children should be prohibited from speaking Konkani in schools and in 1847, this was extended to seminaries.

Another opinion holds that it was derived from profession as many Konkani Saraswat Brahmin names are Kamats were said to be land owners among Konkani Saraswat families-the name could have been derived from " kaam mathichen ", meaning work of the soil.

As many as 35 types of Konkani Song have been classified.

Shigmo ( Konkani: श ि गम ो), or Shishirotsava, is a spring festival celebrated in the Indian state of Goa, where it is one of the major festivals of the Hindu community. It is also celebrated by Konkani diaspora and Indian festival of Holi is part of it.

In the year 2009, the was Sam Fransikachea Visvaxiponnachea Dekhin, Jezu-Noketra Bhaxen Porzollum-ia, which translates from Konkani into English as ' Inspired by the faithfulness of Saint Francis, let us shine like Jesus, the Star ', probably based on the year's pastoral theme of the Archdiocese of Goa e Damão Noketram Bhaxen, Sonvsarant Porzollum-ia which translates into English as ' Shine like Stars, in the World '.

Sam Fransisku Xaviera is a Konkani hymn, which is sung as the recessional hymn at most of the novenas held at Bom Jesus Basilica, Velha Goa, the place where the relics of St. Francis Xavier are kept.

The name Old Goa was first used in the 1960s in the address of the Konkani monthly magazine, dedicated to spread the devotion of the Sacred Heart, Dor Mhoineachi Rotti which was shifted to the Basilica de Bom Jesus in 1964.

The Kanara or Canara region ( Tulu / Konkani: Karavali ಕರ ಾ ವಳ ಿ )( Konkani: कर ा वल ी) which is also Known as Coastal Karnataka comprises three coastal districts of Karnataka, namely Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada and Kasaragod Taluk of Kerala in southwestern India.

This progenitor of Konkani or Paishachi apabhramsha has preserved an older form of phonetic and grammatic development showing greater variety of verbal forms found in Sanskrit and larger number of grammatical forms that are not found in Marathi, examples of which are found in many works like Dnyaneshwari, and Leela Charitra.

Immigrants spoke various vernaculars, which led to an admixture of features of Eastern and Western Prakrits. It was substantially influenced later by Magadhi Prakrit and the overtones of Pali ( the liturgical language of the Buddhists ) that played a very important role in development of Konkani Apabhramsha grammar and vocabulary.

A major number of linguistic innovations in Konkani are shared with Eastern Indo-Aryan languages like Bengali, Oriya which have its roots in Magadhi.

The major Sauraseni influence on Konkani, is the ao sound found at the end of many nouns in Sauraseni, which becomes o or u in Konkani, e. g.: dando, suno, raakhano and dukh, rukhu, manisu from prakrit dandao, sunnao, rakkhakao, dukkhao, vukkhao or vrukkhao, mannisso respectively.

During this period worship began of a mother goddess in the form of anthill or Santer. The Anthill is called Roen ( Konkani: र ो यण ), which is derived from the Austric word Rono meaning with holes.

Maharashtri prakrit was their language of administration, which influenced medieval Konkani to a great extent.

Books from Goa. Professor Peter Nazareth points out that that Goans have written in thirteen languages, of which the chief are Konkani, Marathi, English and Portuguese.

It broadcasts in Konkani, Kannada, Tulu, and English daily, and in Malayalam, Beary ( the mother tongue of local Muslims ) and Hindi on a weekly basis.

Konkani ( Devanāgarī:, ), is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-European family of languages and is spoken on the western coast of India.

The Sauraseni impact on Konkani is not so prominent than that of Maharashtri.

Another reason Kannada influence on Konkani is proximity of original Konkani speaking territory to Karnataka.

Old Konkani documents show considerable Kannada influence on grammar as well as the vocabulary.

Shyam Benegal, was born in a Konkani Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family on 14 December 1934 in Trimulgherry, Secunderabad then a British Cantonment, and now a twin city of the state capital, Hyderabad.

Chandragupta Maurya incorporated the west coast of India in his province of Aparanta, and the impact of Magadhan Prakrit, the official language of the Mauryan Empire, on the local dialects resulted in the formation of early Konkani, as was the case with other Aryan vernaculars.

It has been acknowledged that Persian and Arabic have had only limited influence on Marathi and Konkani, and this is why they still retain a good amount of vocabulary and grammar derived from Sanskrit, as compared to other daughter languages of Sanskrit.

The awards for the years 2005 and 2006 were announced on 22 November 2008, and were awarded to the Hindi writer Kunwar Narayan for 2005 and jointly to Konkani writer Ravindra Kelekar and Sanskrit scholar Satya Vrat Shastri for 2006.

* The 1966 Konkani film Nirmon is based on this story.

Urged by the Franciscans, the Portuguese viceroy forbade the use of Konkani on 27 June 1684 and further decreed that within three years, the local people in general would speak the Portuguese tongue and use it in all their contacts and contracts made in Portuguese territories.

With the fall of the " Province of the North " ( which included Bassein, Chaul and Salsette ) in 1739, the assault on Konkani gained new momentum.

The language only received official recognition in 1987, when on the February of that year, the Indian government recognized Konkani as the official language of Goa.

Guru Dutt was born on 9 July 1925, at Bangalore to Shivashanker Rao Padukone and Vasanthi Padukone in a Konkani Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family.

Shankar Nagarkatte was born on 9 November 1954 in a Konkani Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family of Mallapur village in Honnavar ( uttara Kannada ), Karnataka His parents were Anandi and Sadanand Nagarkatte.

The Chitrapur Saraswat community has a culture and religious customs drawn from the Chitrapur Math at Shirali, distinctive dialect ( s ) of Konkani, and a wide nutritious variety of coastal vegetarian cuisine based on rice and rich in coconut, cashew, greens, mangalore-melon, and a range of bananas.