fausto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on June 24:
> Hi Rene
> Many, including myself have limited knowledge about Konkani. In this
regard
> I hope for some assistance as follows:
> 1. Geography of Konkani (regions where it is predominant and regions where
> it co-exists, like Mangalore)
> 2. Types of Konkani (the Hindu Konkanas of Mangalore, The Catholics of
> Mangalore and Goans speak different types of the language. Are there more?
> What is the list?
> 3. Age of the language (I understand it is one of the 5 Dravidan
language).
> 4. List of those martyred for the sake of Konkani (in the State of Goa).
>
> Rene,
> I will try and give the information I have in this regard:-
> 1. The regions where Konkani is predominantly spoken today is Goa, it
> co-exists in Mangalore, Kerala, Kochin, Maharashtra and Karwar, Belgaum
etc.
> 2. All the regions speak Konkani differently, as with any other Indian
> Language e.g. the Marathi of Konkan and Punne is spoken differently.
>
> 3. The age I do not know exactly but it is as old as many other Indian
> languages. Konkani is an aryan language, inflexive and non-dravidian. It's
> written in five scripts Devanagri, Roman, Kanada, Malayalam & Urdu.
>
> 4. I cannot vouch for the martydom of the seven persons at the time of the
> Konkani agitation, but they are considered to be the martyrs. I can
> recollect only one name - Floriano Vaz.
>
> Fausto
>
Hello everybody,
Re 3. above, (a) Vaman Varde Valaukikar (Shennoy Goembab), whose 125th birth
anniversary was celebrated on the 23rd of this month and who is acknowledged
as the Father of Konkani Literature, in his investigations found out that
the birth of the Konkani language dates back at least 2,500 years as an
autonomous language, it being much older that Marathi; (b) As for the
scripts in which it is written, there are also Tulu and Gujarati - so, seven
in all, which I think is one of our language's richest features and
treasures, meriting its entry into the Guiness Book of Records.
Jorge
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