r/konkani

Hello I want to listen to some Konkani songs during my stay in Goa, can anyone share some really good ones? Thanks

Konai Gsb konkani (Udupi -mangalore region) bengalore kama asili anga assa gi.. tummi konai bengalore ntu meet jellench ve jaanki maruk 😂 just curious to know

1. Thank you or expressing gratitude

2. Sorry or to apologize

3. Welcome or greet

Raised in a big city, have spoken konkani at home and with cousins all my life, but we use these english words so often to express these fundamentals.

Are Konkanis just Marathis with a different language?

I mean do Konkanis have a complete separate culture, idea, ethnic identity? Are there any biological differences? How would I know if a person is Konkani? For example, it gets tougher to find who's a Haryanvi or Punjabi at some cases (very small) but still easier than figuring out if a person by ancestry is Konkani or Marathi.

I am neither and I have seen so much similarity of surnames, or even same surnames. I want to learn about Konkani people.

If you are a Konkani, preferably in Maharashtra, do DM me, I need to learn a lot.

But rest please answer the question and help me out here.

A follow-up to my previous post

I’m a heritage speaker of the Mangalorean Catholic dialect, but I’m only at an intermediate level so I can’t really intuitively grasp all the differences.

Is the main problem a lack of shared vocabulary in higher registers (gov’t, news, etc.) or are there specific grammatical and phonological differences that impede understanding?

Obviously, script plays a role as well, but even if text in the standard dialect was transliterated to Romi or Kannada, I feel like the output still wouldn’t be easily understandable.

If anyone has insight or knows where I could find more info, it’s be greatly appreciated!

I’ve been trying to research major differences between Konkani dialects recently, but haven’t been able to find anything in-depth. Does anyone know where I could find more info?

Some examples of what I mean:

- Possessive pronouns differ between Mangalorean Catholic/Bardezi and GSB dialects

Ex: Mhoje vs. Migele for “mine”

- Infinitives in some dialects end in -unk while others end in -pak

Ex: vochunk vs. vochpak(?)

- Different interrogative particles

Ex: gi vs. ve

If anyone has any other examples, I would love to hear them! So far, most of my info has come from a blog on Wordpress called Demystifying Konkani.