Konkani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by Konkani
people along the western coast of
India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages mentioned in the 8th schedule of the
Indian Constitution and the official language of the
Indian state of Goa. The first Konkani inscription is dated 1187 A.
D.It is a minority language in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala,11 Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu.
Konkani is a member of the southern Indo-Aryan language group. It retains elements of Vedic structures and shows similarities with both western and eastern Indo-Aryan languages.
There are many fractured Konkani dialects, most of which are not mutually intelligible with one another.