Goans is the
demonym used to describe the people of
Goa,
India, who form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of
Indo-Aryan,
Dravidian,
Indo-Portuguese and
Austro-Asiatic ethnic and/or linguistic ancestries. They speak different dialects of
Konkani natively. Goan Hindus refer to themselves as
Konkane (
Devanagari: कोंकणे), meaning the residents of an area broadly identified as Konkan.
Goanese is an incorrect usage for Goans.