The Goa, Daman and Diu Official Language Act, 1987
makes Konkani in the Devanagari script the sole official
language of Goa, but provides that Marathi may also be
used for "for all orany of the official purposes". The
Government also has a policyof replying in Marathi to correspondence received in Marathi. However, whilst there
have been demands for according Marathi and Konkani in
Roman script co-equal status in the state, As of October
2008, Konkani remained the sole official language.

The most widely used languages are Konkani, Marathi
andEnglish. Konkani is the primary spoken language and
official; Marathi and English are used for literary, educational
and some official purposes. Other languages in wide use
include Hindi, Kannada (mainly due to increasing number
of economic migrants from the neighbouring state of
Karnataka) and Portuguese. Portuguese, the language of
the colonial elite, is used by shrinking number of speakers,
though a small number still prefer it as the medium for
discourse at home, and a few Portuguese books have
even been published in recent years.