Maharashtri Konkani or Konkan Marathi, is a group of Konkanic dialects spoken in the

Konkan division The Konkan division is one of the six administrative divisions of Maharashtra state in India. It comprises the northern and central portions of the greater Konkani region, which were absorbed into Maharashtra owing to the States Reorganisati ...

of the Konkan region.

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, a

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n linguist of the colonial era referred to these dialects as the ''Konkan Standard of Marathi'' in order to differentiate it inside 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 ...

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Goan Konkani 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 ...

and

Canara Konkani Canarese Konkani are a set of dialects spoken by minority Konkani people of the Canara sub-region of Karnataka, and also in Kassergode of Kerala that was part of South Canara.The Constitution Act 1992 (71st Amendment) Kanarese script is the p ...

, which are distinct and different sets of Konkani dialects, because speakers of these dialect groups refer to their language as simply " Konkani".

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{{Indo-Aryan languages Languages of India Konkani Marathi language

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