Linguistics
Konkani Language Origins
The Konkani language is the recognised official language of Goa since 1987, after the Daman and Diu Official Language Act was passed, which named Konkani the official language of Goa, written in the Devanagiri script. However, the Konkani language itself can be written in 5 scripts: Devanagiri, Roman, Persian-Arabic, Malayalam and Kannada, due to the migration of the Goan people, leading to the development of different dialects and scripts, as well as due to foreign influence, such as the Portugese invasion. The Konkani language had been used by the original settlers of the Saraswati River and travelled with them as they migrated. However, the original Konkani script, used by peoples like the Saraswats, the Goykanadi Script, was burned and destroyed during the arrival of the Portuguese, in an attempt to destroy the Konkani language. Whatever evidence of the script survived, was recorded as the first evidence of the Goyakanadi script found as of the 15th century.
Mangalorean Konkani Basic Phrases
The dialects of Konkani vary per place, with different dialects such as Marathi Konkani, Mangalore Konkani and Altruz Konkani existing based on the place that the Amchis (plural for Konkani people used by GSB Konkani speakers) reside in. Since I primarily speak a dialect similar to the Mangalorean dialect because of my Kannadiga roots, I have provided some basic phrases in a dialect similar to the Mangalorean one. However, it is important to note that there are many differences in dialects because of the migration of the ancestral Goan people as well as due to the differences of religion (e.g. Hindu Konkani, Christian Konkani etc.), hence you may have some difficulty in understanding other dialects. Overall, Konkani speakers should be able to understand at least 70% of the words in a sentence due to the overlap of words in different dialects, with the other 30% being words native to the language of the region that they reside in.
E.g I am able to understand majority of the words a Marathi Konkani speaker says to me, however I may have trouble understanding words that are derived from Marathi, as I would not understand them!
A link to further examples of useful phrases in Goan Konkani a.k.a Altruz Konkani:https://www.indianholiday.com/blog/common-konkani-phrases-for-tourist-visiting-goa/