Malvani Konkani

Malvani
मालवणी
Pronunciation	malvaɳi (standard) malvani (popular)
Native to	India
Region	Konkan, Malvan, Maharashtra, Goa
Native speakers	870,000 (date missing)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Southern Zone Marathi–Konkani Konkani Malvani
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist list	gom-kud
Glottolog	None

Malvani is a dialect of Konkani with significant Marathi influences and loanwords. Though Malvani does not have a unique script, scripts of the other languages native to the regions its speakers inhabit are used. Devanagari is used by most of the speakers. Malvani is very popular language used for newspaper articles and dramas. But now many communities like Chitpavans, Marathas, Gowd Saraswat Brahmins, Kudaldeshkars, Daivajnas and Vaishya Vani have given up speaking this dialect and have adopted Marathi or proper Konkani. Yet most of the people of Sindhudurg district speak Malvani. It is also known as Kudali.

Geographical distribution

Malvani is spoken in the southern part of Konkan Vibhag i.e. Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts; chiefly in the towns of Ratnagiri, Rajapur, Devgad, Malvan, Kudal, Kankavli, Sawantwadi and Vengurla. The language is also spoken in North Goa, especially Pernem taluka. The Census Board of India counts Malvani as a Konkani dialect (which is official language of State of Goa). According to Census Board of India, there are around 46851 Malwani speakers throughout the country, with 24 Lakh (2.4 million) Konkani living speakers. According to unofficial reports, around 8,68,825 (868,825) Malwani speakers live throughout the Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts.

See also

• Konkani Language
• Chitpavani Konkani
• Ratnagiri District
• Sindhudurg District
• Malvan region
• Malvani people
• Malvani cuisine

External links

• http://konkanionline.blogspot.com/