Books 

The Doctrina Christi, published in 1622 by the British missionary Fr. Thomas Stephens, was the first book in Konkani. Believed to be the first printed book in an Asian language, this book uses the Roman script. In 1640 Stephens also published Arte da Lingoa Canarim, a Konkani grammar book written in 1580. The Devanagari script was first used in 1675 in a treatise on Ayurveda. The first newspaper in Konkani, O Konkani, was started in 1886. Presently, Konkani also uses the Kannada as well as the Arabic scripts.
 

 

 

 

 

 

(Courtesy: http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/history/ethnic/konkani.html )