Malvani language

Malvani
Malvani
मालवणी
Pronunciation	maːlʋaɳiː (standard); maːlʋaniː (popular)
Native to	India
Region	Malvan, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, Goa
Native speakers	(undated figure of 870,000)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Southern Zone Marathi–Konkani Konkani Malvani; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	gom-kud
Glottolog	None

Malvani is a dialect of Konkani with significant Marathi influences and loanwords. Although Malvani does not have a unique script, the Devanagari script is used by most speakers. Malvani is sometimes used for sarcastic newspaper articles and local folk stage dramas known as Dashavatar.

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