Konkani

A friend recently told me that Konkani was one of the oldest languages of India - older than Tamil, Hindi etc.

This was too strange to digest - so I thought I will look it up. Some links I went through are listed below.

• www.kamat.com/kalranga/konkani/konkani.htm
• http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/konkani/swomen.htm
• http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/konkani/antiquity_of_konkani.htm
• http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/konkani/faq.htm
• http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/konkani.php
• http://controversialhistory.blogspot.in/2007/09/myths-of-konkani-language.html: As per this link Konkani evolved from Shouraseni Prakrit - which is from the days of Jainism. This link seems to be very good.
• http://www.gsbkonkani.net/OurHistory.htm
• http://vishwakonkani.org/konkani/people/
• Common phrases in various south indian languages including Tulu, Konkani, Marathi.

Additional reading:

• List of famous Konkani people: http://www.famousfix.com/list/konkani-people
• http://www.goaholidayhomes.com/information/learn-konkani.html
• http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/konkani/konkani.htm
• PhD Courses in Konkani: https://targetstudy.com/courses/phd-konkani.html