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| Name | Konkani |
| Nativename | कोंकणी , Konknni, ಕೊಂಕಣಿ, കൊംകണി |
| Imagesize | 200px |
| Imagecaption | The word "Konkani" in Devanagari script |
| Pronunciation | kõkɵɳi (standard), kõkɳi (popular) |
| States | India |
| Region | Konkan, includes the state of Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra and some parts of Kerala
Konkani is also spoken in Wichita, KS, Kenya, Uganda, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, Lisbon in Portugal |
| Speakers | 3.6 million |
| Iso2 | kok |
| Iso3 | kok |
| Lc1 | gom|ld1=Goan Konkani|ll1=none |
| Lc2 | knn|ld2=Maharashtrian Konkani|ll2=none |
| Familycolor | Indo-European |
| Fam1 | Indo-European |
| Fam2 | Indo-Iranian |
| Fam3 | Indo-Aryan |
| Fam4 | Southern Zone |
| Fam5 | Konkani |
| Script | Devanagari (official), Roman, Kannada, Malayalam and Arabic |
| Nation | India Goa, India |
| Agency | Various academies and the Government of Goa |
| Mapcaption | Distribution of native Konkani speakers in India |
| Notice | Indic |
| Notice2 | IPA |
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Konkani (Devanāgarī: , , Roman script: , , Kannada script: , , Malayalam script: , ) is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-European family of languages and is spoken on the western coast of India. It has approximately 3.6 million speakers. It is one of the official languages of India and is the official language of the Indian state of Goa. And it is a minority language in Karnataka and northern Kerala (Kasaragod district).
Konkani is classified as a southern Indo-Aryan language along with Kadodi and Marathi.
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