Konkani, an Indo-Aryan language spoken across India’s western coast, embodies a vibrant linguistic tapestry shaped by centuries of migration, colonialism, and cultural contact. Yet, its identity is increasingly constrained by scripto-centricity—the privileging of written script as the primary marker of linguistic legitimacy—and nagrisation, the imposition of the Devanagari script as the “authentic” orthography, often at the expense of other...