East Indian language
The East Indian language or East Indian dialect, also known as Mobai Mahratti and East Indian Marathi, is the form of Marathi-Konkani languages spoken in Bombay (Mumbai). It has a significant amount of Indo-Portuguese loanwords. It does not have a unique script of its own: Devanagari and the Roman script are used by most of its speakers, who are the native Christians of the Seven Islands of Bombay in the northern Konkan division. Though the dialect is losing popular usage due to immigration, depopulation & Anglo-Americanisation among most of the younger generation. It is still used by some for songs and dramas, as well as in Christian worship since the Novus Ordo was approved in the 1960s.
| East Indian language | |
|---|---|
| पूर्व भारत | |
| Pronunciation | Purv Bharat |
| Region | Greater Bombay in Konkan and also Maharashtra |
| Ethnicity | Bombay East Indians |
Native speakers | 600,000 (2013) |
Indo-European
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| Devanagari, Roman Script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
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