Konkani people
Konkani Christians celebrating Monti Fest in Poona (Pune), 2009. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 2.3 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Goa | 964,305 |
| Karnataka | 788,204 |
| Maharashtra | 399,204 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 96,305 |
| Dang district, Gujarat | 92,210 |
| Kerala | 70,000(approx.) |
| Languages | |
| Konkani Marathi, English, Kannada, Hindi-Urdu, Indo-Portuguese, Malayalam & Gujarati | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism and Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indo-Aryans · Tuluvas · Luso-Indians · Marathis · Saurashtrians | |
The Konkani people are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the Konkan region of the Indian subcontinent. They speak various dialects of the Konkani language. Following the Konkani language agitation, Konkani became the premier official language of Goa state, while Marathi remains as the associate official language of Goa. Konkani is also spoken by populations in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Damaon, Kerala, & Gujarat. A large percentage of Konkani people are bilingual.