LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 16:6 June 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

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Lost Word is Lost World -
A Study of Malayalam

Dr. R. I. Prasanth

Abstract

This study attempts to present some of the salient features of influence of other langauges on Malayalam. Kerala people’s contact with other people groups from India and elsewhere led to many changes in vocabulary and this enriched the language. In particular, impact of Pali and Prakrit impact needs to be further explored.

Keywords: Influence on Malayalam, impact of contact on culture.

Influence of Other Languages on Malayalam

Language originated from sound, script originated from pictures, expression from natural body movements and utensils from the figures seen. What is explored here is to watch history of Malayalam while on transition by finding certain words and how it functioned through in the great passage of time. This is an attempt to find history from words, script, expression and utensils left by a succession of people. There is always living fossil left unmarked by the living time and one can discover missing links there. It will be done by acknowledging the influence of languages in its periphery.

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Dr. R. I. Prasanth, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. in Malayalam
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