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New Konkani Alphabet
Konkani(Kōṅkaṇī) is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-European family of languages and is spoken along the western coast of India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages mentioned in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution. Presently, the Konkani language does not have its own alphabets. It is written by using Devanagari script. Even though the Konkani can be written by using Roman, Kannada and Malayalam scripts the Konkani literature written by using these scripts is not affiliated by Sahitya Academy (India's National Academy of Letters).

General
The Konkani language has a history of more than 1200 years. There had been many efforts to develop a separate script for Konkani since 1993 but none of these scripts have been approved by Konkani Sahitya Academy. Konkani may suffer from identity crisis if it does not have its own indigenous script. In order to encourage every kind of literature in Konkani and thereby making Konkani as a resourceful language.

New Effort to devise Konkani alphabets
A Konkani-speaking enthusiast from Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka state has created an independent script for Konkani, which deserves a thorough consideration and scientific study by experts and linguists. If found Konkani-friendly, the script may not only revolutionize the writing and preservation of literature, but, more importantly, set at rest various disputes and dissensions. Pramod Digambar Naik, son of Digambar and Smita Naik and resident of Thorlebag on the boundary between Uttara Kannada and Goa, is a resourceful man who has dedicated about 14 years of his life in devising the new alphabet. Already proficient in Kannada, Konknai, Hindi, Marathi and English, he worked on different scripts like Kannada, Devnagari, Marathi, Urdu (Arabic/Persian) and Telugu scripts and derived inspiration to create his own brand of script. He devoted all his spare time during the last 14 years on this mission.

(To be added here once the Alphabet Set is approved by Konkani Sahitya Academy)
PrashantNaikKeni (talk) 22:32, 11 October 2015 (UTC)