Who Are We

But further i went, more difficult it became. For new facts emerged, that raised new questions. For instance, why do old Marathi inscriptions and Dnyaneshwar’s ovis sound so familiar to Salcete Konkanis ? Or, why, among all the so called Middle Indo-Aryan languages, does Salcete Konkani preserve some sounds unique to Tamil ? Why do we find Chadd’ddi only among Goan Christians ? What is the difference between kunnbi and gavddi ? Are Aparant and Konkan the same ? Was there no literature in Konkani before the advent of the Portuguese in India ? If yes, did it all get burnt in the ‘primeiro fogo da conquista’, as Cunha Rivara puts it ?