East Indian language
| East Indian Marathi | |
|---|---|
| पूर्व भारतीय मराठी | |
| Pronunciation | Pūrva Bhāratiya Marāthī |
| Region | Greater Bombay in Konkan and also Maharashtra |
| Ethnicity | Bombay East Indians |
Native speakers | 600,000 (2013) |
Indo-European
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| Devanagari, Roman Script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
The East Indian language or East Indian dialect, also known as Mobai Marathi and East Indian Mahratti; is the form of Marathi-Konkani languages spoken in Bombay (Mumbai). It has a significant amount of Indo-Portuguese loanwords. It does not have a unique script of its own. Devanagari and the Roman script are used by its speakers, who are the native Christians of the Seven Islands of Bombay in the northern Konkan division. The dialect is losing popular usage due to immigration, depopulation & anglo-americanisation among the younger generation. However, it is still used to make songs and dramas, as well as in Christian worship since the Novus Ordo was approved in the 1960s.