Konkani Wikipedia is the

Konkani language Konkani () is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily in the Konkan region, along the western coast of India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages mentioned in the Indian Constitution, and the official language of ...

edition of

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, run by

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. It was started in July 2015. Prior to this, it had been in incubation since 2006. Currently, there are content articles in the project. The total number of edits on this Wikipedia is .

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Konkani Wikipedia went live in July 2015, after being in incubation since 2006. Earlier in September 2013, 4 volumes of ''Konkani vishwakosh'' (encyclopedia) were relicensed under

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s. Information from these volumes of encyclopedias were used to write articles on Konkani Wikipedia. In the same year a Wikipedia-related workshop was organized at

Goa University Goa University is a public state research university headquartered in the city of Panaji, in the Indian state of Goa. In addition to Panaji ( Taleigão Plateau Campus), it has a campus in Margao, Mapusa, Ponda, Old Goa and Vasco da Gama. ...

. In April 2014, two introductory sessions on editing Wikipedia were conducted at Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work in Goa. In July 2015 the Wikipedia went live after incubation for 9 years. At the time of the official inauguration the Wikipedia contained 2500 articles. The project was supported by Goa University and Nirmala Institute of Education. Late

Madhavi Sardesai Madhavi Sardesai (7 July 1962 – 22 December 2014) was an Indian academic and the editor of the Konkani literary journal "''Jaag''". She was also a scholar, publisher and writer who worked mainly in the Konkani language in Goa. She headed the ...

, then a professor and Head of Department of Konkani at the

, played an important role to launch the project. Prakash Parienkar, the current head of department of Konkani department of Goa University had said at that time:

We will assign projects to our students and writers too, to write articles on different subjects related to Goa and upload them on the Wikipedia. This will include information on local food, its culture, tradition, tourist spots and much more.

In January 2016, a one-day edit-a-thon was organized at Krishnadas Shama Central Library, Goa. Rahmanuddin Shaik, a Center for Internet and Society representative trained the participants about Wikipedia editing and policies. Almost 100 articles were created during this one-day event. Subsequently, the Wikipedia initiatives in Goa have been taken up under the umbrella of the Wikipedians of Goa User Group, which looks at Goa-focussed content and promotion, regardless of language, and has the potential to focus on Konkani Wikipedia also.

Konkani Wiktionary

Another parallel initiative is the Konkani Wiktionary project. It seeks to build an open and shareable Konkani dictionary in cyberspace. As part of its activities, a Wiktionary workshop and meet-ups were held at St. Xavier's College, Mapusa in May 2019 and December 2019. Approved in March, 2020, by the Language Committee of the Wikimedia Foundation, the Konkani Wiktionary moved to its newly created site on 21 May 2020. It has over 2300 entries (in November 2020).

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Konkani Wiktionary

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