Planning to learn Malayalam? Read ahead to know more about this classical language of India.

Malayalam is one of the Dravidian languages that originated from Tamil in ancient times and became an independent language from the 9th century onwards for the states of Kerala and Lakshadweep.

The modern script of the Malayalam Language came into existence by the 16th century and it is spoken by almost 38 million people. This language is spoken officially by the States of Kerala, Tamilnadu and also the nearby states. Malayalam is considered to be one of the difficult languages to pronounce.

Reasons why you can not speak Malayalam

The accent of the language

Through constant listening, one can understand the Malayalam language, but find it difficult to speak the language. The accent of the language is the main difficult problem in which all people stumble upon. It is difficult for a non-native speaker to learn the Malayalam accent. The funny part is that most of the people with a Malayalam background find it difficult to change their accent while speaking other languages, which makes it easy to spot a Malayali anywhere. 

Wordings in Malayalam

The wordings in Malayalam are composed of the rarest combinations of letters possible where speaking in Malayalam would be a great exercise for your tongue. If you see the grammar part, you will find it as the difficult part to pronounce, as it ranges along with other Indian languages. This grouping of words into a single word will also make others speak the language as a tough part, which has different types of grouping with different rules. This is one of the things not to be bothered by in English.

Letters in Malayalam

The letters in Malayalam are usually made of non-Malayalam matching words. If the non-native speakers try to read the letters like ‘nha’, ‘zha’, ‘jna’ etc it would make no sense for them, as it is completely new. 

Pronunciation of words

Malayalam has originated from the Tamil language, and it has borrowed many words from that language, but the pronunciation is different in both languages. Then the pronunciation of Keralites is different from other language peoples. So it will make it difficult to pronounce for other language peoples. The number of Keralites who can pronounce words with the letter z properly is very less. For example, the pronunciation of the word zero is Jeero, it is Pronounced with z sound, which makes it more effort to pronounce. Similarly, the Malayalam language words have so many different pronunciations. But with the least effort, a Malayali can speak Tamil or Kannada or any language with proper pronunciation even if it does not have the proper style.

So, if you want to learn Malayalam then join your classes with Multibashi to learn the language easily with the trained teachers. All the best!!!