Maharashtri Konkani

Maharashtri Konkani or Konkan Marathi, is a group of Marathi-Konkani dialects, spoken in the Konkan, that differ from Marathi.^[2][3] George Abraham Grierson, a British Indian linguist of the colonial era referred to these dialects as the Konkan Standard of Marathi in order to differentiate it inside the Konkani language group.^[4]

NativetoIndia

RegionKonkan

Native speakers

(2.4 million cited 2001 census)^[1]

Language family

Indo-European

• Indo-Iranian
  • Indo-Aryan
    • Southern Zone
      • Marathi–Konkani
        • Maharashtri Kokani

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Maharashtri Kokani
Konkan Marathi
महाराष्ट्रीय कोकणी
Native to	India
Region	Konkan
Native speakers	(2.4 million cited 2001 census)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Southern Zone Marathi–Konkani Maharashtri Kokani
Dialects	Thakri, Parabhi, Koli, Kiristanva, Kunbi, Agri Dhangari, Karadhi, Sangameshwari, Bankoti, Maoli
Writing system	Devanagari (official), Latin, Kannada, Malayalam and Persian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	knn
Glottolog	konk1267

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