International Mother Language Day: Malayalam: Are our pazhamchollukal becoming obsolete?

Kochi | Wednesday | 21st February, 2018

Summary:

“Proverbs are the biggest treasure of a language,” he says, adding that the Malayalam language has more than ten thousand proverbs. A recently coined Malayalam word is Shuchimuri for toilet, see how positive the word is! In Arabic, for every new technological invention, they coin a word in their language - for instance, mubashir for the mobile phone. “The usages in every language have evolved with the experience and exposure of the speakers. And it is natural for a language to change according to lifestyle changes, according to writer Roshini Swapna..