Malayalam is a Dravidian language originating from Tamil and Sanskrit. Malayalam has several words borrowed, especially from English, and a few may be from Dutch/Portuguese, etc. In spoken Malayalam, it is common that some people unnecessarily use so many English words making the language “Manglish”.
In general, Malayalam is a difficult language (not for Malayalees). The only difficulty in Malayalam is that the auxiliary verbs, prepositions, etc., are combined with the preceding verb or noun. There are a set of rules for this ‘mixing’. Additionally, pronouncing a hatful of Malayalam consonants is a little difficult. For a foreigner, they all sound the same. But, it is easy to sound them right by placing the tongue at the right positions in the mouth.
The easiest part in Malayalam, compared to many other languages, is that the nouns do not have gender. Also, the verbs do not change with gender or number (singular/plural). Thus the tense system in Malayalam is relatively simple.
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