Konkani, a vibrant Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly along India’s western coast, is often entangled in debates over its script, with Devanagari, Roman, Kannada, Malayalam, and Perso-Arabic scripts vying for prominence. This scripto-centricity—where the choice of script overshadows the language’s structural and cultural essence—has constrained Konkani’s linguistic identity and its speakers’ agency. By employing Ferdinand de Saussure’s structural linguistics, Roman...
