Dear Goanetters The language of goans is kokni and not konkani or konkanni. it is spelt as kokni.
> From: dr.udayba...@gmail.com > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:49:54 +0530 > Subject: [Goanet] Spelling of Konkani or Konkanni? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > **** http://www.GOANET.org **** > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) > Sponsor Noel as he climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,882m or 19,298 ft) > > Make a donation at www.Goanet.org, click on MAKE A DONATION, > state "Daddy's Home" in the Donation comments > > For more information see: http://bit.ly/SupportDaddysHome > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Oscar Lobo from Melbourne wrote --- > Dear Konkani Literates, I see people > using two types of spellings for our "Dudachee Bhas" Konkani and some > Konkanni. Of late someone stated that Konkanni is the correct version > although I also read that it can be written as Conkani. Can someone with > authority state the correct spelling of our mother tongue? > > My response: > > Oscarbab, > > Konkanni, Konkani and what you read Conkani are expressions of differences > between roman, romi, Devanagari, devnagri script supporters .. Most > importantly, anyone wanting to write in our mother tongue always considers > himself/herself to be an authority on spelling words from our mother tongue > . anything 'chalta hai' ...this is the fate of our mother tongue. May be > this is happening out of immense love to our Goa :)- > > Best regards, > > U. G. Barad > > >
