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Introduction: |
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Malayalam is one of the 23 official languages of India. Native
to Kerala it is widely spoken in southern coastal region
including Lakshadweep, Mahé (Mayyazhi), Kodagu (Coorg) and
areas of Tamil Nadu bordering Kerala with about 35 million
speakers of the language. A native speaker of Malayalam is
known as 'Malayali'. Malayam is commonly use in government,
commerce, and in mass communication of Malayalam speaking
region.
It is also spoken outside India in the countries like,
Bahrain, Fiji, Malaysia, Singapore, Israel, Qatar, United Arab
Emirates, and the United Kingdom by approximately 400,000
speakers.
Thus, it has nearly 36 million worldwide speakers.
Malayalam is known by a number of alternate
names/pronunciations also like, Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali,
Malean, Maliyadi, and Mopla. Malayalam is most closely related
to Tamil from which it separated about the 10th century AD.
Other related languages of Malayalam are Aranadan, Kadar, and
Ravula. Kerala is the state with 100% literacy rate hence,
Malayalam boasts to have highest literate speakers than any
other language speakers in India. |
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Malayalam Language: |
Malayalam is a Dravidian language that belongs to the Southern
subfamily of the language. It is closely related to Tamil from
which it separated in 10th century AD. The earliest
literary composition in the language is from the 13th century.
Like other major Dravidian languages, Malayalam has a number
of regional and social dialects that marked distinctions in
formal and informal usage of the language. The main dialects
are, Malabar, Nagari, South Kerala, Central Kerala, North
Kerala, Kayavar, Namboodiri, Moplah, Pulaya, Nasrani and Nayar.
Malayalam has its own writing script known as Vatteluttu,
which is a combination of Sanskrit alphabets and special
Dravidian letters.
It is a symboilc script
written from left to right on horizontal lines and
contains the largest number of symbols in the entire Dravidian
language system. It is also known as
one of the most graphically complex writing systems.
The Malayalam language script consists of 51 letters including
16 vowels and 37 consonants. The present style of writing came
into existence in late 70s or early 80s when the different
letters for typeset reduced from 900 to less than 90. But
apart from all these complexities Malayalam is quite rich in
literature. In Kerala alone, there are about 150 daily
newspapers, over 200 weekly periodicals, and over 500 monthly
journals published in Malayalam. The most widely circulated
newspaper in India is also written in Malayalam. |
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Our Malayalam Language Course: |
We, at Indo Vacations have designed a special
course in Malayalam Language Course that helps you to
learn this wonderful language. While designing this course we
have taken greatest care of the fact, that this course is
intended for people or students who do not belong to the
Malayalam speaking regions. This course has planned in
association with experienced instructors, who have expertise
in teaching foreign students whose native language is not
Malayalam. This course has planned with enough flexibility in
terms of duration that mainly depends on the interest of
student and the availability of trainer. This course is an
individual course, means you will get lessons by a personal
trainer.
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You are free to ask questions, take your time at the exercises
and practice the sentences as long as you and your teachers
are satisfied with the pronunciation. Normally these classes
run five days in a week with daily sessions of 5 hours. The
daily classes are divided in two sessions pre lunch and post
lunch session. However, the timing can be rearranged by your
trainer with your consent. Our language program is an
inclusive program that includes your accommodation also. We
normally arrange your accommodation within 10 minute reaching
time to your teacher. This will facilitate better coordination
between you and your trainer and safe your time and money as
well. For accommodation, we provide you the different options;
stay with an Indian family or choose a guesthouse or pain
guest accommodation. We generally suggest you to stay with
local family so that you get better environment for learning
the language. You will learn a lot by listening and speaking
to your host family. You will also get a chance to experience
the rich Malayali culture and south Indian way of living.
During your stay, you will be provided a personal room with
bath and WC, round the clock cold & warm water, meals
including breakfast, Lunch and dinner as well as Tea & coffee,
facilities for laundry, internet etc.
At present, we are conducting this Malayalam Language Course in
kerala, and other major cities of India. We would arrange your
transfer from nearby international Airport, if wished so, on
nominal charges. We could also plan tours to nearby places or
any other destination in India and assist you for every other
travel tour services needed by you. For any further
information regarding Malayalam Language Course or travel tour
services, do write us and give us a pleasure to assist you. |
Malayam Language
Courses - some additional Information !
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We are offering
private language courses and normally these courses
are done by the hobby students from different countries.
There is no school and collage certificate is issued for
these short term language courses. Courses for the beginners
and advance learners are also organized. However you will
get a teaching certificate from your teacher about the
language lessons you have taken from her.
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We would
accommodate you with a small Indian family and you would be
provided a private room with batch and WC. The Room will be
air- cooled. We need to have some details about you with a
recent photograph to forward to the host family.
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You will be
taught by an experienced private female teacher and
the classes will take only 10 min. from the place where you
will be staying. Classes are normally for five days in two
parts in total for five hours.
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Please note
you will be taken care of by your teacher as well as by the
family you would stay with and we do not expect you be out
of the house in the late hours unless informed to the host
family.
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As this is a
private organized course you have the option of choosing
the time you would like to be here and we would check with
the teacher and confirm this by return to you.
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Please also note
that most of the host families cook only vegetarian food in
India so only vegetarian food will be served during the
stay.
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You would be
given the tel. numbers of the house as well as mobile of the
host family so that you can be reached by your family any
time.
For any further
information Team of Indo Vacations will be glad to assist you.
The glossary that follows lists some important
Malayalam words with their English translations:
English |
Malayalam |
I |
Njaan |
You |
Thaan (or) Nee |
Name |
peru |
Town |
nagaram |
No |
illa, alla |
Yes |
undu,athe, shari |
What's your name? |
thangalude peru enthaanu? (or) nindey
per enthanu? |
Where are you ? |
thaangal evideyaanu? (or) ni
evideyaanu |
Had your lunch? |
chor undo? |
don't want |
venda |
River |
Puzha |
Friend |
Kootukaaran (Male) or Kootukaari
(Female) |
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