World’s First Konkani-English-Kannada Dictionary To Be Released Soon

December 13: A Konkani-Konkani-English-Kannada dictionary will be released at St Anthony Charitable Institutes, Jeppu, by Mangalore Diocese Bishop Rev Dr Peter Paul Saldanha on December 20.
The dictionary’s editor Prof Stephen Quadros said that Konkani is the official language in Goa, and one of the official languages of India. According to the 2001 census of India, there are 25 lakh Konkani speaking people in India.
Apart from synonyms, the Konkani–Konkani–English–Kannada dictionary gives gender, tense, common form and cases of a term and other grammatical explanations. Homonyms and antonyms are also provided wherever applicable. He said “Welcome 2 Konkani” (select vocabulary) will also be released on the occasion. This work will give the Konkani equivalents for English words. The work has been compiled by Prof Stephen Quadros and Dr Alwyn D’Sa.