For Global Malayali families residing in countries like the UK, Canada, Australia, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Europe, and the USA, there comes a pivotal moment when they consider sending their children back home to Kerala for education. Whether it is for higher secondary schooling, college, or even primary education, Kerala’s robust academic standard is a...
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Let’s talk about the rich heritage of Malayalam language and the cultural, social and psychological impacts it has on us as a language.
Thousands of Malayali families living across the world eventually face an important decision — whether to continue their children’s education abroad or bring them back to Kerala for higher studies, cultural exposure, family support, or long-term settlement. Today, large Malayali communities live in countries such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman,...
We Malayalees are talkative about our state of Kerala named one of the ten Paradises Found by National Geographic Travelers. Owing to the diverse geography and overwhelming flora and fauna Kerala is remarkably celebrated for its rich cultural ethos, ethnic diversities, landscape, festivals, topography, sumptuous cuisines, lush vegetation and much more. Acquaintance with such diversity...
There’s a lot that goes into the history and evolution of the Malayalam language spoken by more than 35 million people worldwide. It is the principal language of the state of Kerala, the union territories of Lakshadweep Islands (Laccadivon) on the west coast of India, and Puducherry (Mahe district). It is also used by bilingual...
Learning a language can be an exasperating process but knowing the native tongue entails learning your family sphere, the self, cultural ethos, values and even history. Native language infused with our great history and culture has got a remarkable role in establishing the identity as it infers the spirit of a region. It helps us...
The native tongue, or native language, also known as the mother tongue, is the language to which an individual has been exposed since birth or during a particular period. Most of us take pride in speaking in a foreign tongue which is gaining more prominence in the fast-paced world, yet the love for our very...
Language as a medium of communication plays a significant role among two or more individuals. It is described as a product of social conventions and cultural traditions and we human beings are endowed with the beautiful gift of language. People all over the world started showing interest in learning multiple languages more than before with...
Ever thought that our heart necessarily has got a language? A language that makes true sense without trailing the essence of the message. Of course, it’s our mother tongue or our native language that is always the language of the heart that passes the right sense of meaning to the receiver of a message. The...
The term native language, also known as arterial language, mother tongue or first language refers to the language that a child naturally learns, absorb, and acquire in early childhood life due to a significant exposure to a particular linguistic variety primarily by means of using it in the family or in the location where the...