Other Konkani Speaking Communities of Kerala
Contrary to the popular perception, the GSBs are not the only konkani speaking community of South/Central Kerala. Largest konkani speaking community in this parts of the country are Kudumbis. It is said that Konkani spoken by Kudumbis is by far the purest strain of Konkani. Vaniya and Daivajnas communities are also found in Cochin whose mother tongue is Konkani. Negligible number of Konkani speaking Nawayath Muslims and Mangalorean Catholics domicile Cochin. There is a considerable social interaction between GSBs and Kudumbis.
The GSBs are identified with Konkani language in Kerala. There are concerted efforts among other Konkani speaking communities to give up Konkani in favour of Malayalam to improve social status, A trend emulated even by some GSBs of certain parts of Kerala, most notably in Kottayam,Trichur districts. Fortunately enough Konkanis of kochi speak their mother tongue without hesitation.
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