Total population | |
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c. 2.3 million[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Goa | 964,305[2] |
Karnataka | 788,204 |
Maharashtra | 399,204[citation needed] |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 96,305[citation needed] |
Dang district, Gujarat | 92,210[citation needed] |
Kerala | 70,000(approx.)[citation needed] |
Languages | |
Konkani Marathi, English, Kannada, Hindi, Indo-Portuguese and Gujarati (to a lesser extent) | |
Religion | |
Hinduism, Catholicism, 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 who speak various dialects of the Konkani language. Konkani is the state language of Goa and also spoken by populations in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Damaon and Kerala[3]. Other Konkani speakers are found in Gujarat state[4]. A large percentage of Konkani people are bilingual.[5]