Language:  Konkani, Goan

Approximate Global Speakers

3,543,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

20

Scripture Status

Audio Bible

Not Available

Jesus Film

Gospel Recordings

Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(20 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
Beldar Mith Gauda India 1,600 ☀︎
Bhavit India 11,000 ☀︎
Chaptegar India 7,700 ☀︎
Charodi India 12,000
Daman Catholic India 2,900
Ghadi India 7,000 ☀︎
 Goanese Australia 2,700
 Goanese Canada 1,800
 Goanese India 670,000
 Goanese Uganda 5,100
 Goanese, Kenyan Kenya 11,000
Halleer India 5,100 ☀︎
Harkantra India 23,000 ☀︎
 Kunbi Konkani India 764,000 ☀︎
Nai Mhalo Nhavi India 1,400 ☀︎
Padiar India 1,400 ☀︎
Rajpur India 57,000 ☀︎
Sunri (Muslim traditions) India 16,000 ☀︎
Thovoi India 19,000
Velip India 37,000
  Totals:  20     13
SECONDARY Language
(246 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adi Dravida India 9,795,000 ☀︎
Adi Dravida Christian India 750,000
 Adi Karnataka India 3,387,000
Adi Karnataka Christian India 200,000
 Agamudaiyan unspecified India 298,000
Ager (Hindu traditions) India 17,000 ☀︎
 Agri India 502,000 ☀︎
Ajila India 3,800 ☀︎
 Alambadi Kurichchan India 49,000
 Andh India 560,000 ☀︎
Anduran India 2,800 ☀︎
Anglo India 145,000
 Ansari India 12,243,000 ☀︎
Anuppan India 1,200 ☀︎
Arayan India 233,000
 Arunthathiyar India 1,168,000 ☀︎
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 7,564,000 ☀︎
Badhai Konkani India 56,000 ☀︎
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) India 3,313,000 ☀︎
 Baira India 10,000 ☀︎
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 4,119,000 ☀︎
Bakad India 6,900 ☀︎
Bakuda India 15,000 ☀︎
Balagai India 9,800 ☀︎
 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 Chaturth India 37,000 ☀︎
 Bania Chetti India 841,000 ☀︎
Bania Gujar India 217,000 ☀︎
Bania Kasar India 79,000 ☀︎
 Bania Komti India 2,043,000 ☀︎
Bania Mahajan India 215,000 ☀︎
 Bania Mahesri India 416,000 ☀︎
 Bania Mahur India 993,000 ☀︎
 Bania unspecified India 19,625,000 ☀︎
 Banijiga India 862,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,151,000
 Basor India 1,053,000 ☀︎
Bathada India 3,500 ☀︎
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) India 2,795,000 ☀︎
Bedar Bile India 128,000 ☀︎
Bedar Kare India 123,000 ☀︎
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 2,303,000 ☀︎
Bellara India 1,800 ☀︎
 Bengali Muslim Moghal India 2,013,000 ☀︎
 Bhaina India 90,000
 Bhandari India 741,000 ☀︎
Bhansala India 318,000 ☀︎
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) India 1,589,000 ☀︎
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) India 268,000 ☀︎
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,818,000 ☀︎
Bhottada India 530,000
Bidur India 411,000 ☀︎
 Bind India 1,143,000 ☀︎
 Boya India 4,587,000 ☀︎
 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 Gujar Gaur India 308,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Havik India 29,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Joshi India 434,000 ☀︎
 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 Marathi India 102,000 ☀︎
Brahmin Mewada India 112,000 ☀︎
 Brahmin Nambudiri India 109,000 ☀︎
 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 ☀︎
Byari (Beary) India 520,000 ☀︎
Chaliyan India 6,600 ☀︎
 Chalvadi India 258,000 ☀︎
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 52,473,000
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) India 1,793,000
 Chenna Dasar India 85,000 ☀︎
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) India 429,000 ☀︎
Cherumar Christian India 527,000
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) India 71,000 ☀︎
 Christian India 1,600,000
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) India 132,000 ☀︎
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 2,860,000 ☀︎
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) India 174,000 ☀︎
Devadiga Kalavant India 8,200 ☀︎
 Devanga India 561,000
 Dhangar Bharwad India 3,191,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) India 1,112,000 ☀︎
 Dhobi Parit India 291,000 ☀︎
 Dhor India 171,000 ☀︎
 Gamit India 522,000
 Gandla India 85,000 ☀︎
 Gangakula India 1,776,000 ☀︎
 Garo (A-chik Mande) India 1,260,000
 Garoda (Hindu traditions) India 144,000 ☀︎
 Gauda India 2,330,000 ☀︎
 Gawli India 21,000 ☀︎
Ghadasi India 9,800 ☀︎
 Ghisadi India 22,000 ☀︎
 Giddikki India 82,000 ☀︎
 Gond unspecified India 11,705,000
Gondaru India 111,000 ☀︎
 Gondhali India 67,000 ☀︎
Gopal India 43,000 ☀︎
 Gosain unspecified India 1,591,000 ☀︎
 Gowdulu India 10,000 ☀︎
 Gudigar India 3,300 ☀︎
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) India 8,216,000 ☀︎
Habura India 8,300 ☀︎
 Hajam India 2,276,000 ☀︎
Halsar India 12,000 ☀︎
 Halwakki Wakkal India 157,000
Hanabar India 87,000 ☀︎
 Hasalaru India 29,000 ☀︎
Hasla India 1,500 ☀︎
 Holar India 186,000
 Holaya India 928,000 ☀︎
 Ilavan India 6,637,000 ☀︎
Ilavan Christian India 135,000
 Jingar India 78,000 ☀︎
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) India 3,810,000 ☀︎
 Kachari (Hindu traditions) India 94,000 ☀︎
 Kadia (Hindu traditions) India 173,000 ☀︎
Kadu Kuruba India 27,000 ☀︎
 Kaikadi India 387,000 ☀︎
 Kaikolan India 2,836,000
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) India 3,001,000 ☀︎
 Kalal Idiga India 2,026,000 ☀︎
Kalavant India 12,000 ☀︎
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) India 758,000 ☀︎
 Kathodi India 359,000
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) India 474,000
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) India 2,586,000 ☀︎
 Khoja India 484,000 ☀︎
 Kokna India 1,239,000
 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 ☀︎
Komarpaik India 30,000 ☀︎
Koracha, tribal India 20,000
 Korama unspecified India 160,000 ☀︎
 Korwa India 511,000
 Koshti India 1,276,000 ☀︎
Kotegar India 7,600 ☀︎
 Kudumi India 335,000 ☀︎
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) India 18,279,000 ☀︎
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 18,031,000 ☀︎
Kunbi Anjna India 444,000 ☀︎
 Kunbi Tirole India 383,000 ☀︎
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 ☀︎
 Madiga (Christian traditions) India 701,000
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) India 10,898,000
 Mahar (Christian traditions) India 477,000
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 ☀︎
Maila India 3,100 ☀︎
 Malabar Catholic India 3,064,000
Malava India 23,000 ☀︎
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 13,662,000 ☀︎
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) India 643,000 ☀︎
 Mappila India 10,000,000 ☀︎
 Maravan India 3,677,000
Matang (Christian traditions) India 213,000
 Matang (Hindu traditions) India 2,967,000
 Mavilan India 41,000 ☀︎
Moger Moyon India 15,000 ☀︎
 Moger unspecified India 150,000 ☀︎
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) India 46,000
Mukri India 16,000 ☀︎
 Munda India 4,157,000
Mundala India 32,000 ☀︎
Nadar (Christian traditions) India 1,479,000
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) India 3,457,000 ☀︎
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 13,835,000 ☀︎
 Naikda India 4,354,000 ☀︎
 Nair India 7,705,000
Nalakeyava India 7,200 ☀︎
Navait India 65,000 ☀︎
 Oraon India 5,154,000
Pale India 11,000 ☀︎
Pallan (Christian traditions) India 525,000
 Pan India 1,555,000
Pangul India 24,000 ☀︎
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) India 895,000
 Pashtun, Pathan India 10,558,000 ☀︎
Patramela India 5,200 ☀︎
Prabhu Kayastha India 314,000 ☀︎
 Pulayan unspecified India 1,272,000 ☀︎
 Raddi India 87,000 ☀︎
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 13,981,000 ☀︎
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 31,894,000 ☀︎
Ramoshi India 368,000 ☀︎
Raneyar India 4,200 ☀︎
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) India 408,000 ☀︎
 Ravalia India 607,000
 Sali India 1,206,000 ☀︎
 Samagara India 103,000 ☀︎
Sangar India 39,000 ☀︎
 Santal (Sawntal) India 8,636,000
 Sayyid India 9,135,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh Faruqi India 932,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh Qureshi India 9,407,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh Siddiqi India 8,664,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh unspecified India 82,690,000 ☀︎
 Shaikh Usmani India 552,000 ☀︎
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) India 85,000 ☀︎
 Silawat (Hindu traditions) India 80,000 ☀︎
 Sillekyatha India 41,000 ☀︎
 Somvanshi India 570,000 ☀︎
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 9,601,000 ☀︎
Sudra India 6,800
 Syrian Christian India 4,259,000
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) India 2,172,000 ☀︎
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 21,850,000 ☀︎
 Thakkar India 668,000 ☀︎
Thandan (Hindu traditions) India 265,000 ☀︎
Tirmali India 16,000 ☀︎
 Urali India 82,000
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 4,160,000 ☀︎
 Vakkaliga unspecified India 7,697,000
Valmiki (Buddhist traditions) India 26,000 ☀︎
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) India 5,599,000 ☀︎
 Vanniyan India 14,557,000
 Viswakarma Asari India 797,000 ☀︎
Viswakarma Thattan India 231,000 ☀︎
 Viswakarma unspecified India 8,785,000
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 47,216,000 ☀︎
  Totals:  246     226

Language Alternate Names
Bardeskari
Chitpavani
Daldi
Goan
Goan Konkani
Goanese
Goanese Konkani
Gomantaki
Gomataki
Konkanasths
Konkani
Konknni
Kudali
Malvani
Mangalore Standard Konkani
Nawaits
Southern Kanara

Dialects
Chitapavani
Gohsave
Kokan
Mangalore
Sarasvat Brahmin

Dialect Alternate Names
Kokani
Konanni
Konkani, Goan: Bardeshkari
Konkani, Goan: Mangalore Standard Konkani
Konkani, Goanese
Konkanin
Rome Konkani
Saraswat Konkani
Tiswadi Goanese