Ways to resolve Konkani script row – The Navhind Times

Ways to resolve Konkani script row – The Navhind Times

At the time of the colonial rule in Goa, in the early sixteenth century, Konkani and Marathi were the languages prevailing here. Authors differ as to whether both languages were written or Marathi alone was the literary language and Konkani, the spoken language. Noted Goan historian Panduranga Pisurlenkar observes: “If the language spoken in Goa is Konkani, the literary language of the Goan Hindus is traditionally Marathi. Cunha Rivara and Mons.…