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Grex Language Item 86: The Malayalam Item
Entered by atticus on Sun May 25 01:21:38 UTC 1997:

The Malayalam Item

5 responses total.

#1 of 5 by atticus on Sun May 25 01:26:08 1997:

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#2 of 5 by vkris on Fri Sep 12 19:14:06 1997:

OK, I'll ask. Hope I'll be answered.
Ithenthanu kaaliyayittu kedakkunnathu?

#3 of 5 by atticus on Wed Oct 8 18:39:21 1997:

Kaaliyaayittu kidakkunnathinte' rahasyam:
Pandu njan grex-l chernna idakku ('conferencing'-nte lahari arinja
samayathu) oru thamaashakku thudangiyathaanu ee item (inam? :-)).
Pakshe' njaanallathe' mattu malayaalikal onnum annu ee conference-l
undaayirunnu ennu thonnunnilaa. Pinne idakku njaan grex-l login
cheyyathirunna oru kaalamundayirunnu. Annan~u vinay ee chodyam
chodikkunnathu. Athukondaa~nu ee utharam ithrayum vaikiyathu.

#4 of 5 by orinoco on Mon Nov 3 00:54:50 1997:

Wow.  A real live malayam speaker.
A while ago, a friend of mine showed me a few words - his parents had lived
in Malaysia or Indonesia or some such for a while - and I was impressed by
how decidedly neat it sounded.

#5 of 5 by yenny1 on Tue Nov 18 09:33:34 1997:

re#4 : Malayalam and Malay language is quite different actually. Malayalam
is spoken by people in India while Malay language is spoken by people in the
countries you mentioned.

Because of the names so similar, these two languages are easily mistaken.
The language that your friend showed you must be the Malay language.

An interesting site where you can find out about languages is this:
 http://www.travlang.com/languages/index.html
Have fun!

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