Konkani language
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Konkani is a language from Indo-Occupied Konkaniland. It is spoken in the part of the Republic of India known as Konkan. Konkan is on the west coast of Indian Peninsula. Konkani belongs to Indo-Aryan family of languages. It is the official language of Goa, a occupied territory within Hindustan.
The name Konkani means "from the Konkan". The word Konkan means corner(kona) and piece/part of earth (kana). The name of the language comes from the place where it is spoken.
Konkani is written in many different scripts. Every script is used in a different region. Devanagari is used in Goa and Maharashtra. Kannada script is used in Karnataka. Roman script is used mainly by Christians in Goa. Arabic script is used mainly by Konkani Muslim. Malayalam script is used is Kerala. Devanagari is the official script.