Malvani

E79282
Indo-Aryan language variety regional language vernacular dialect

Malvani is an Indo-Aryan language variety spoken primarily in the Konkan coastal region of Maharashtra and Goa, closely related to Marathi and Konkani.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Malvani canonical 6
Malvani Konkani 4
Malvani Marathi 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language variety ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
vernacular dialect ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Konkani ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi
country India ⓘ
culturallyAssociatedWith Konkan coastal culture ⓘ
Malvan cuisine ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Malvani ⓘ
surface form: Malvani Konkani

Malvani ⓘ
surface form: Malvani Marathi
hasDialect Malvani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Malvani Konkani
hasFeature SOV word order ⓘ
aspirated consonants ⓘ
gendered nouns ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese
hasMorphologicalFeature distinct verb forms compared to standard Marathi ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature distinct intonation patterns from standard Marathi ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus primarily oral language ⓘ
used in informal domains ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
Kannada script ⓘ
Roman script ⓘ
languageOf Malvan taluka ⓘ
surface form: Malvan region
linguisticStatus often classified as a dialect of Marathi ⓘ
sometimes considered a variety of Konkani ⓘ
namedAfter Malvan ⓘ
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
region Konkan ⓘ
surface form: Konkan coast
sharesVocabularyWith Konkani ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi

Sanskrit ⓘ
spokenIn Goa ⓘ
Konkan ⓘ
surface form: Konkan region

Maharashtra ⓘ
North Goa district ⓘ
Ratnagiri ⓘ
surface form: Ratnagiri district

Sindhudurg ⓘ
surface form: Sindhudurg district
subclassOf Marathi–Konkani languages ⓘ
Southern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
usedBy Malvani people ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
local theatre ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Konkan → language → Malvani ⓘ
Malvani → hasDialect → Malvani self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malvani Konkani
Malvani → hasAlternativeName → Malvani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malvani Marathi
Malvani → hasAlternativeName → Malvani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malvani Konkani
Kankavli → localLanguage → Malvani ⓘ
Malvan taluka → hasDialect → Malvani ⓘ
Vengurla → localLanguage → Malvani ⓘ
Kudal taluka → localLanguage → Malvani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malvani Konkani
Sawantwadi → localLanguage → Malvani ⓘ
Southern Indo-Aryan languages → includes → Malvani ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malvani Konkani
Marathi–Konkani languages → hasMember → Malvani ⓘ