Language:  Konkani

Approximate Global Speakers

6,408,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

12

Scripture Status

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Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(12 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
Anduran India 2,800 ☀︎
Bant India 1,600 ☀︎
Byari (Beary) India 520,000 ☀︎
Devadiga Kalavant India 8,200 ☀︎
Gauda, tribe India 122,000
 Giddikki India 82,000 ☀︎
 Goanese Sri Lanka 2,500
 Gudigar India 3,300 ☀︎
Komarpaik India 30,000 ☀︎
 Kunbi, tribe India 5,100
Navait India 65,000 ☀︎
Patramela India 5,200 ☀︎
  Totals:  12     9
SECONDARY Language
(316 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adi Andhra India 351,000
 Adi Dravida India 9,795,000 ☀︎
 Adi Karnataka India 3,387,000
 Agamudaiyan unspecified India 298,000
Ager (Hindu traditions) India 17,000 ☀︎
 Agri India 502,000 ☀︎
 Aguri India 598,000
 Alambadi Kurichchan India 49,000
 Anal India 26,000
 Andh India 560,000 ☀︎
Anglo India 145,000
 Ansari India 12,243,000 ☀︎
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,564,000 ☀︎
Badhai Kharadi India 19,000 ☀︎
Badhai Konkani India 56,000 ☀︎
 Badhi (Hindu traditions) India 92,000 ☀︎
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 4,119,000 ☀︎
 Baiti India 51,000 ☀︎
Bajgar India 1,900 ☀︎
 Balai (Hindu traditions) India 2,577,000
 Balija (Hindu traditions) India 2,067,000 ☀︎
Bandi (Hindu traditions) India 5,600 ☀︎
 Bania Agarwal India 5,628,000 ☀︎
 Bania Agrahari India 368,000 ☀︎
Bania Bhatia India 40,000 ☀︎
 Bania Chetti India 841,000 ☀︎
 Bania Gahoi India 393,000 ☀︎
Bania Gujar India 217,000 ☀︎
 Bania Jaiswal India 137,000 ☀︎
 Bania Kasarwani India 479,000 ☀︎
 Bania Kasaundhan India 575,000 ☀︎
Bania Khandelwal India 107,000 ☀︎
 Bania Lad India 152,000 ☀︎
Bania Mahajan India 215,000 ☀︎
 Bania Mahesri India 416,000 ☀︎
 Bania Mahur India 993,000 ☀︎
Bania Modh India 86,000 ☀︎
 Bania Nima India 96,000 ☀︎
 Bania Oswal India 480,000 ☀︎
Bania Pancham India 43,000 ☀︎
 Bania Porwal India 372,000 ☀︎
Bania Saitwal India 55,000 ☀︎
 Bania Srimali India 413,000 ☀︎
Bania Ummad India 342,000 ☀︎
 Bania unspecified India 19,625,000 ☀︎
 Banijiga India 862,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,151,000
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) India 503,000
Barda India 4,000
 Baria (Hindu traditions) India 296,000 ☀︎
 Basor India 1,053,000 ☀︎
 Bazigar (Hindu traditions) India 376,000 ☀︎
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) India 2,795,000 ☀︎
Bedar Naik Makkalu India 125,000 ☀︎
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 2,303,000 ☀︎
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) India 65,000 ☀︎
Beldar Mith Gauda India 1,600 ☀︎
Beldar Narmada Uppara India 23,000 ☀︎
 Bengali Muslim Moghal India 2,013,000 ☀︎
 Bhampta India 51,000 ☀︎
 Bhandari India 741,000 ☀︎
Bhansala India 318,000 ☀︎
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) India 1,589,000 ☀︎
 Bhathiara (Muslim traditions) India 215,000 ☀︎
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) India 268,000 ☀︎
 Bhil unspecified India 16,822,000
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,818,000 ☀︎
 Bhotia India 130,000
Bidur India 411,000 ☀︎
 Bohra India 1,268,000 ☀︎
 Boya India 4,587,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Anavala India 96,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Chitpavan India 551,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Deshastha India 644,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Devarukha India 37,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat India 323,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,525,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Havik India 29,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Kanaujia India 4,944,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Kannada India 502,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Karbadu India 65,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Karhada India 93,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Mahratta India 516,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Mukkaniyar India 29,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sanadhya India 3,119,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Saraswat India 690,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Sawaria India 4,865,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin unspecified India 39,943,000 ☀︎
 Budega Jangam India 354,000 ☀︎
 Chalvadi India 258,000 ☀︎
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 52,473,000
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) India 1,793,000
Chaptegar India 7,700 ☀︎
 Charan (Hindu traditions) India 361,000 ☀︎
Charodi India 12,000
 Chaudhari, tribal India 347,000
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) India 429,000 ☀︎
 Chhipa (Hindu traditions) India 516,000 ☀︎
 Chitara India 6,200 ☀︎
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) India 71,000 ☀︎
 Christian India 1,600,000
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) India 132,000 ☀︎
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 2,860,000 ☀︎
 Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) India 145,000 ☀︎
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) India 174,000 ☀︎
 Devanga India 561,000
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) India 641,000
 Dhangar Bharwad India 3,191,000 ☀︎
 Dhanka India 475,000
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) India 1,112,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi Parit India 291,000 ☀︎
 Dhodia India 780,000 ☀︎
 Dhor India 171,000 ☀︎
 Dubla unspecified India 531,000 ☀︎
 Gamit India 522,000
 Gandla India 85,000 ☀︎
 Gangakula India 1,776,000 ☀︎
 Garoda (Hindu traditions) India 144,000 ☀︎
Gatti India 7,400 ☀︎
 Gauda India 2,330,000 ☀︎
 Gawli India 21,000 ☀︎
Ghadi India 7,000 ☀︎
 Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) India 130,000 ☀︎
 Goanese India 670,000
 Goanese Pakistan 16,000
 Gond unspecified India 11,705,000
Gondaru India 111,000 ☀︎
 Gondhali India 67,000 ☀︎
 Gosain unspecified India 1,591,000 ☀︎
 Gowdulu India 10,000 ☀︎
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) India 8,216,000 ☀︎
 Gujjar (Hindu traditions) India 69,000
Habura India 8,300 ☀︎
 Hajam India 2,276,000 ☀︎
 Hakki Pikki India 29,000
 Halba India 837,000
 Halwakki Wakkal India 157,000
Hanabar India 87,000 ☀︎
 Hijda India 204,000 ☀︎
 Ho India 1,232,000
 Holar India 186,000
 Holaya India 928,000 ☀︎
 Ilavan India 6,637,000 ☀︎
Ilavan Christian India 135,000
 Jat (Hindu traditions) India 18,544,000 ☀︎
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) India 3,810,000 ☀︎
 Kachari (Hindu traditions) India 94,000 ☀︎
 Kadia (Hindu traditions) India 173,000 ☀︎
Kadu Kuruba India 27,000 ☀︎
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) India 9,506,000 ☀︎
 Kaikadi India 387,000 ☀︎
 Kaikolan India 2,836,000
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) India 3,001,000 ☀︎
 Kalal Idiga India 2,026,000 ☀︎
 Kamalia India 19,000 ☀︎
 Kamar India 33,000 ☀︎
Kamathi India 245,000 ☀︎
Kanai India 70,000 ☀︎
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) India 242,000 ☀︎
 Kapu unspecified India 16,085,000 ☀︎
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) India 758,000 ☀︎
Kasar Otari India 28,000 ☀︎
 Kathodi India 359,000
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) India 8,425,000 ☀︎
 Khairwar India 480,000
 Khangar (Hindu traditions) India 390,000 ☀︎
 Kharia India 866,000
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) India 474,000
 Khasi India 1,426,000
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) India 2,586,000 ☀︎
 Khavar India 167,000 ☀︎
 Khoja India 484,000 ☀︎
 Kokna India 1,239,000
 Kol India 2,022,000 ☀︎
 Kolha India 812,000
 Kolhati India 33,000 ☀︎
 Koli (Hindu traditions) India 2,565,000 ☀︎
 Koli Dhor India 471,000
 Koli Mahadev India 1,917,000 ☀︎
 Koli Malhar India 357,000 ☀︎
 Koli of Gujarat India 9,420,000
Koli Son India 2,100
 Kolowar India 280,000 ☀︎
 Konda Kapu India 26,000
 Koracha, caste India 89,000 ☀︎
Koracha, tribal India 20,000
 Korama unspecified India 160,000 ☀︎
 Korku India 1,156,000
 Korwa India 511,000
 Koshti India 1,276,000 ☀︎
Kotegar India 7,600 ☀︎
 Kudumi India 335,000 ☀︎
 Kui Khond India 1,815,000
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) India 18,279,000 ☀︎
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 18,031,000 ☀︎
Kunbi Anjna India 444,000 ☀︎
 Kunbi Kadwa India 1,343,000 ☀︎
 Kunbi Konkani India 764,000 ☀︎
 Kunbi Lewa India 2,299,000 ☀︎
Kunchatiga India 434,000 ☀︎
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) India 486,000 ☀︎
 Kuruba India 4,761,000
 Lingayat India 3,926,000 ☀︎
 Lohana India 668,000 ☀︎
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 11,024,000 ☀︎
 Machhi (Hindu traditions) India 901,000 ☀︎
Machhi Mitna India 21,000 ☀︎
 Madiga (Christian traditions) India 701,000
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) India 10,898,000
 Mahar (Christian traditions) India 477,000
 Mahli India 466,000
Mahratta Gomatang India 85,000 ☀︎
 Mahratta Jadhav India 3,199,000 ☀︎
 Mahratta Konkani India 644,000 ☀︎
Mahratta Kshatriya India 64,000 ☀︎
 Mahratta Kunbi India 8,707,000 ☀︎
 Mahratta Shinde India 634,000 ☀︎
 Mahratta unspecified India 36,204,000 ☀︎
 Mahyavanshi India 1,907,000
 Mala (Christian traditions) India 503,000
 Mala (Hindu traditions) India 6,586,000
 Malabar Catholic India 3,064,000
Malaikudi India 11,000
Malayekandi India 2,000 ☀︎
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 13,662,000 ☀︎
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) India 643,000 ☀︎
 Mang Garudi India 88,000 ☀︎
 Mangala India 2,229,000 ☀︎
 Mappila India 10,000,000 ☀︎
Marata India 99,000 ☀︎
Matang (Christian traditions) India 213,000
 Matang (Hindu traditions) India 2,967,000
Meda India 51,000
 Megh (Hindu traditions) India 4,523,000 ☀︎
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) India 2,229,000
 Moger unspecified India 150,000 ☀︎
 Munda India 4,157,000
Nadar (Christian traditions) India 1,479,000
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) India 3,457,000 ☀︎
 Naga Tangkhul India 228,000
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) India 172,000
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 13,835,000 ☀︎
 Naikda India 4,354,000 ☀︎
 Nair India 7,705,000
Nalakeyava India 7,200 ☀︎
 Nayadi India 98,000 ☀︎
 Oraon India 5,154,000
 Pan India 1,555,000
 Pandaram India 32,000 ☀︎
Pangul India 24,000 ☀︎
Panikkan India 40,000 ☀︎
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) India 2,511,000
 Pardhan India 363,000
 Pardhi India 416,000 ☀︎
 Parja unspecified India 452,000
 Pashtun, Pathan India 10,558,000 ☀︎
 Patharwat India 42,000 ☀︎
Patvekari (Hindu traditions) India 32,000 ☀︎
Phudgi India 12,000 ☀︎
 Pinjara India 3,787,000 ☀︎
Prabhu Kayastha India 314,000 ☀︎
Prabhu Patane India 72,000 ☀︎
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) India 1,214,000 ☀︎
 Raddi India 87,000 ☀︎
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 13,981,000 ☀︎
Rajpur India 57,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 31,894,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) India 2,258,000 ☀︎
Rajput Mahratta (Hindu traditions) India 91,000 ☀︎
Ramoshi India 368,000 ☀︎
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) India 408,000 ☀︎
 Rathawa India 747,000 ☀︎
 Rongmei India 114,000
 Sali India 1,206,000 ☀︎
 Samagara India 103,000 ☀︎
Sangar India 39,000 ☀︎
 Santal (Sawntal) India 8,636,000
 Satnami India 2,031,000
 Sayyid India 9,135,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh unspecified India 82,690,000 ☀︎
 Silawat (Hindu traditions) India 80,000 ☀︎
 Soligar India 7,200
Soligaru India 39,000 ☀︎
 Somvanshi India 570,000 ☀︎
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 9,601,000 ☀︎
Sonar Aksali India 77,000 ☀︎
Sudra India 6,800
 Syrian Christian India 4,259,000
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) India 2,172,000 ☀︎
 Targala India 41,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 21,850,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Muslim traditions) India 1,948,000 ☀︎
 Teli Ganiga (Hindu traditions) India 42,000 ☀︎
 Thakkar India 668,000 ☀︎
Thandan (Hindu traditions) India 265,000 ☀︎
Thoti, tribal India 5,600 ☀︎
Tirmali India 16,000 ☀︎
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 4,160,000 ☀︎
Vadugan India 25,000 ☀︎
 Vakkaliga unspecified India 7,697,000
Valmiki (Buddhist traditions) India 26,000 ☀︎
Valmiki (Christian traditions) India 121,000
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) India 5,599,000 ☀︎
 Valmiki Mehtar India 145,000 ☀︎
 Vanjara India 1,096,000 ☀︎
 Vanniyan India 14,557,000
 Varli India 1,424,000
Velan India 98,000 ☀︎
Velip India 37,000
 Vellalan unspecified India 2,064,000
 Viswakarma Asari India 797,000 ☀︎
 Viswakarma unspecified India 8,785,000
Vitholia India 29,000
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 47,216,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Gola India 5,583,000 ☀︎
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) India 5,527,000 ☀︎
  Totals:  316     291

Language Alternate Names
Agari of Kolaba
Amchigela
Bakoti
Bankoti
Central Konkan
Chitapavani
Concorinum
Cugani
Damani
Dhed
Ghati
Holia
Kathodi
Katvadi
Kayasthi
Konkan Standard
Konkanese
Konkani Mangalorean
Kunabi
Mahari
Mangalorean Konkani
Maoli
North Konkan
Parabhi
Parvari
Sangamesvari
Thakari
Thakri
Thakua
Thakura
Thakuri

Dialects
Agri
Antruzi
Bardeshi
Bhandari
Bicholi
Cancona
Chitpavani
Dhanagari
Dhangari
Karhadi
Karwari
Kiristav
Kodiyali
Koli
Koli.
Kudali
Kudumbi
Kunbi
Malvani
Malwani
Nawayathi
Sangameshwari
Sashti
Siddi

Dialect Alternate Names
Kholi
Kudubi
Mangalorean