Bengaluru: The number of people speaking Kodava and Konkani languages has dipped, shows the 2011 census data. While Konkani is a scheduled language, Kodava is a non-scheduled language.
Data from the 2011 census on mother tongues indicate that the number of people speaking Konkani decreased from 24.9 lakh in 2001 to 22.6 lakh in 2011, registering a 9.3% dip in decadal growth. The number of Konkani speakers had rocketed by 41.4% in 2001 over 1991. In absolute numbers, it went up from 17.6 lakh to 24.9 lakh.
