Maharashtrian Konkani
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Maharashtrian Konkani refers to a group of dialects spoken in the Konkan region. It is often mistakenly extended to cover Goan Konkani which is an independent language since the speakers of both Goan Konkani and Maharashtrian Konkani refer to their language as Konkani. George Abraham Grierson
has referred to this dialect as the Konkan Standard of Marathi in order to differentiate it from the Konkani language
. The dialects which make up Maharashtrian Konkani are Parabhi, Koli, Kiristanv, Kunbi, Agari, Dhangari, Thakri, Karadhi, Sangameshwari, Bankoti and Maoli. These dialects form a gradual continuum between standard Marathi and Goan Konkani. These dialects are together considered by the ISO to be a separate language and is assigned the ISO 639-3
code knn as part of a Konkani "macrolanguage", gom. Maharashtrian Konkani is considered by some linguists as a dialect of Marathi
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George Abraham Grierson
Sir George Abraham Grierson OM KCIE was born to a prominent Dublin family in 1851. His father and grandfather, both also named George, were well-known printers and publishers.-Biography:Educated at St...
has referred to this dialect as the Konkan Standard of Marathi in order to differentiate it from the Konkani language
Konkani language
KonkaniKonkani is a name given to a group of several cognate dialects spoken along the narrow strip of land called Konkan, on the west coast of India. This is, however, somewhat an over-generalisation. Geographically, Konkan is defined roughly as the area between the river Damanganga to the north...
. The dialects which make up Maharashtrian Konkani are Parabhi, Koli, Kiristanv, Kunbi, Agari, Dhangari, Thakri, Karadhi, Sangameshwari, Bankoti and Maoli. These dialects form a gradual continuum between standard Marathi and Goan Konkani. These dialects are together considered by the ISO to be a separate language and is assigned the ISO 639-3
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-3:2007, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages, is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. The standard describes three‐letter codes for identifying languages. It extends the ISO 639-2...
code knn as part of a Konkani "macrolanguage", gom. Maharashtrian Konkani is considered by some linguists as a dialect of Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
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