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Goans

Goans (Romi Konkani: Goenkar, Portuguese: Goeses) is the demonym used to describe the people native to Goa, India, formerly part of Portuguese India (Estado Português da Índia). They form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Indo-Portuguese, Austro-Asiatic ethnic and/or linguistic ancestries. They speak…

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Goa Maharashtra United Kingdom Portugal Rest of India Rest of the world
650,000 (2017)[a] 150,000 149,000[b] 100,000[c] 200,000 600,000 (2000)

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Migrations from 1510–1700s (first phase) · 39
Goans → Bijapur, Brasil, Catholic Goan, Catholics, Christianization, Colombo, Dharmaśāstras, Dutch, Goa, Goa Inquisition, Goan, Goan Catholics, Goan Hindus, Hindu, Hindus, However, Indian Ocean, Indies, Kanara, League
related to Migrations from 1800s–1950s (second phase) · 34
Goans → Africa, Another, Bago, Bardes, Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British, British India, British Raj, Burma, Calcutta, Catholic, Century, Christian, Decolonisation, During, Hindu, Immigration, India, India Portuguese Railway
related to Migration from 1960s–present (current phase) · 25
Goans → Africa, Africanisation, After, Angola, Annexation, British, Europe, European, Goa, Goan, Gulf, India, Kenya, Malawi, Many, Middle East, Mozambique, Portuguese, Republic, South Asians
related to Geographical distribution · 20
Goans → According, Brexit, British Empire, East Midlands, EU, EU Nationals, Indian-born Portuguese, June, Leicester, London, Many, Many Goans, National Statistics, Office, Portuguese, Southall, Swindon, UK, United Kingdom, Wembley
related to Language · 19
Goans → All Goans, Antruz, Bardezkari, Catholics, Christians, Goa, Hindus, However, Indo-Aryan Languages, Konkani, Luso-Indian, Pednekari, Portugal, Portuguese, Prakrit, Saxtti, Southern, The Konkani, Various
related to Professions · 13
Goans → African, British India, Cruise, English, In British India, India, Many, Many Goan, On, Parsi, Portugal, Ships, Since
see also · 4
Goans → AsiansNorteiro, GoaGoan, GoaGoans, Goan CatholicsGoan MuslimsHinduism
Goa Maharashtra United Kingdom Portugal Rest of India Rest of the world · 1
Goans → 650,000 (2017)[a] 150,000 149,000[b] 100,000[c] 200,000 600,000 (2000)

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portuguese goa goan konkani india also many catholics due language hindus people number british used portugal marathi catholic speak ethnic

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GoansGoa Maharashtra United Kingdom Portugal Rest of India Rest of the world650,000 (2017)[a] 150,000 149,000[b] 100,000[c] 200,000 600,000 (2000)1.00infobox
Goykanadiinstance ofIn the past other scripts0.80text
Modiinstance ofIn the past other scripts0.80text
Kannadainstance ofIn the past other scripts0.80text
Persian were also usedinstance ofIn the past other scripts0.80text
but later fell into disuse owing to many socialinstance ofIn the past other scripts0.80text
politicalinstance ofIn the past other scripts0.80text
religious reasons.Portuguese is still spoken as a first language by a number of Goansinstance ofIn the past other scripts0.80text
though it is mainly restricted to upper-class Catholic familiesinstance ofIn the past other scripts0.80text
the older generationinstance ofIn the past other scripts0.80text
Goansrelated to Geographical distributionMany0.60section
Goansrelated to Geographical distributionBritish Empire0.60section

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