Konkani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian
states of Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra. It is the
official language in Goa, and one of the official languages of
India. According to the 2001 census of India there are just under
2.5 million Konkani speakers in India.
Konkani was originally written with the Brahmi
alphabet, and is currently written with a number of other
alphabets. In Goa, Devanagari is the official script for Konkani,
though the Latin alphabet is also popular. In the state of Karnataka,
it is written with the Kannada alphabet. In Kerala it is written
with the Malayalam alphabet, and Konkani Muslims in Maharashtra use
the Arabic alphabet.
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