Peoples Linguistic Survey of India: Volume 8: Part: 2: The Languages of Goa

Contents: 1. Diglossia and Konkani Identity/Madhavi Sardesai. 2. The Konkani language/Rocky V. Miranda. 3. Konkani grammar and lexicon: contribution of missionaries/Rocky V. Miranda. 4. Revival of Konkani: important milestones/Uday Bhembre. 5. The regional and social varieties of Konkani/Krupali Naik. 6. Linguistic richness on the banks of river Mhadei/Prakash S. Pariekar. 7. Konkani variety of Pernem Taluka/Shashikant Punaji and Priyadarshini Tadkodkar. 8. Saxxti Konkani/Edna Vaz Fernandes and Denis Vaz. 9. Velip variety of Konkani/Mohan Gaonkar.10. The world of Konkani proverbs/Manohar Pai Dhungat. 11. Contribution of folk tales to the Konkani language/Jayanti Naik. 12. Cultural unity in Zagor and Sotryo/Shyam Verenkar.13. Konkani literature/Damodar Mauzo.14. Konkani theatre: a perspective/Shridhar Kamat Bambolkar.15. Tiatr/Andre Rafael Fernandes.16. Christian Marathi literature/S. M. Tadkodkar.17. Marathi in Goan life/Narayan Desai.18. Padye social variety/Ruta Paradkar.19. Goan Urdu Konkani/Yusuf A. Sheikh and Aliya Shaikh. 20. Portuguese language in Goa/Maria do Ceu Barreto. 21. The place of the French language in Goa/Edith Melo Furtado. Bibliography. Index.

This volume of the People’s Linguistic Survey of India (volume eight, part two) attempts a detailed discussion of Konkani its variations. It is unique in that such an attempt to record this diversity hasn’t been made before. The volume sheds light on Konkani’s linguistic richness, its struggle to be recognised as a Scheduled Language, its arduous journey in achieving its statehood and the myriad influences of other languages like French, Portuguese and Marathi have had on it. Linguistic features are discussed and folktales, riddles, popular phrases and proverbs are provided for the reader to understand the language better.