We speak KONKANI & We are Proud Indians

We speak #KONKANI !!! & we are Proud Indians.

The word “Konkani” is used to describe both a language of the Indian subcontinent and a group of people. It is derived from “kum”, meaning “Mother Earth” and “Kana”, meaning ‘dust’ or ‘atom’. Thus, Konkani would mean “a part of Mother Earth“. This appellation could well describe the hardy people of the Konkan region, who are primarily farmers and fishermen.

No, its NOT a dialect of Marathi! And no, we are not "Kannadigas" either! We are KONKANI. But we are proud that we are from Goa, Maharastra and Karnataka.

We live in #Konkan Coast (spanning coast lines of 4 states) and we are not limited to Goa. Goans also dont speak "Goan" (that is not even a language) they speak KONKANI! Yes, we all speak many different dialects of the same root language KONKANI! 

We're NOT Madrasi (not even the same coast dudes) and YES, the hindu konkani BRAHMINS also eat fish! Our language features on every indian currency note! Just some facts some people should know before generalising 🙂 

There are 42 communities and 3 major religions (Hindu/Muslims/christians)  who speak Konkani.

There are more than 20 different dialects of konkani.

We may speak #Malvani, #Bankoti, #Bardeshi, #Sashti, #Antruzi, #Karwari or #Mangalorean dialect of Konkani.

But we all are konkanis.

The famous celebrities Tendulkar, gavaskar, Padukone, mallya, pinto, dsouza, mangeshkar belong to konkani community.

Konkani is one of official language of India, out of 22. Devanagari lipi is the official script for writing konkani. In olden days Goykanadi script was used.

Outside Konkan Region huge konkani community is found in Kochi, Bengaluru, Pune, belgaum, hubli, Shimoga, Chikkamagalur, Kolhapur, sangli, satara, Karachi, Kenya, Portugal, South Africa, US and Middle east.

Now you know who we are! 🙂 PROUD TO BE KONKANI! ♥ 😀

Bharat Mata Ki Jai...

- Konkanis United - संयुक्त कोंकण