To find out the roots of words 'KONKANA' or 'KONKANI', we have to go to the wonderful natural geography of India. The western plainland might be divided among seven parts. The beautiful Konkana coastal plainland is one of these. The plainland starts from Goa state and reaches to Surat city of Gujarat, situated on the bank of river Tapti. The length of the land is 530 KM. Mumbai, the best port of India, is also situated in the Konkana plains. At present the Konkana land is divided between Goa and Maharashtra for the cause of language. We have to remind that political boundary or name of any country is changeful for
some causes.
The official language of Goa is Konkani. The majority of Konkana or Konkani was created in Goa. We have to remind also that the Konkana land starts from the tract of Goa. A part of Western Ghat mountain
situated in the east part of Goa. The mountain is the source area of river of Goa. From this mountain a few streams start their journey and flow through the middle-north of the state. These streams meet together and create the first main river Mandavi. In this way a few streams separately start their journey from the western ghat and flow through the middle-south of the state. All these streams meet together and create the second main river Juwadi. The south-west flowing Mandavi and the north-west flowing Juwadi meet each other just at the mouth of Arabian Sea and create natural and strangeful angle between the said rivers. The meeting point of two rivers is on just coastline of the Sea. As far as I know that there is no second strange place in India like this. In other words Mandavi and Juwadi are or were drawing an angle on the Arabian Sea. The drawing is very interesting for us .
The above matter might be written as - KON-ANKANA in Indo-Aryan language. Here 'Kon' means angle and Ankan means drawing. This might be written as below :-
KON + ANKANA ---> KONANKANA ---> KONAKANA ---> KONKANA --> KONKANI
some causes.
The official language of Goa is Konkani. The majority of Konkana or Konkani was created in Goa. We have to remind also that the Konkana land starts from the tract of Goa. A part of Western Ghat mountain
situated in the east part of Goa. The mountain is the source area of river of Goa. From this mountain a few streams start their journey and flow through the middle-north of the state. These streams meet together and create the first main river Mandavi. In this way a few streams separately start their journey from the western ghat and flow through the middle-south of the state. All these streams meet together and create the second main river Juwadi. The south-west flowing Mandavi and the north-west flowing Juwadi meet each other just at the mouth of Arabian Sea and create natural and strangeful angle between the said rivers. The meeting point of two rivers is on just coastline of the Sea. As far as I know that there is no second strange place in India like this. In other words Mandavi and Juwadi are or were drawing an angle on the Arabian Sea. The drawing is very interesting for us .
The above matter might be written as - KON-ANKANA in Indo-Aryan language. Here 'Kon' means angle and Ankan means drawing. This might be written as below :-
KON + ANKANA ---> KONANKANA ---> KONAKANA ---> KONKANA --> KONKANI