Why can't we learn Malayalam

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> The San Ramon ashram I believe offers Malayalam

> classes, but thats

> way off. There is a reasonably good book called

> "Learn Malayalam in

> 30 days"(it actually takes a lot longer!) you may

> get it at some

> Indian bookstore; you could also try asking at

>

> http://users.erols.com/nataraj/

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>

 

The "Learn _____ in 30 days" series, published by

Balaji Publications in Madras, are available for all

Indian languages (including presumably Sanskrit,

though I've never seen it), but I wouldn't recommend

these books. They're full of typos and horrid

English. But they are cheap. I can find them in

Toronto's Little India for about $3 or 4 CDN.

 

If you're serious about learning basic Malayalam, I

would recommend the CD-ROM from Vidyarambham

http://www.vidyarambham.com/

There's also the transcription book available from MA

Centre, if you want to learn to read and write the

alphabets and to recognize the words in bhajans. But

it won't give you any practical vocabulary for use

while traveling in Kerala. MA Center used to offer a

Malayalam cassette and flash cards, but I don't see

this in the latest Mothersbooks catalog.

 

 

Keval

 

 

 

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Dear Sister Brianna,

 

My husband is a native Tamil speaker, and I have tried to learn some

Tamil also. However, it is VERY difficult for my tongue to wrap

itself around the sounds/words! I wish you the best of luck on your

quest to learn Malayalam.

 

(And, from what I have learnt, Malayalam is a cross between Sanskrit

and Tamil, so the two languages are related.)

 

Have you thought about asking one of the Malayees in your local

satsangh for some language lessons? Or, try looking at your local

Hindu temple. I know that our temple offers Tamil classes. Maybe a

local university has a South Asia department that teaches classes (I

live pretty close to UofM, and they offer an intensive Tamil class),

or at least a native Malayalam speaker that is going to school there

and would like a little bit of extra money to tutor you.

 

Also, I have found it helpful to listen to music in Tamil (I bought

the Tamil bhajans CD and have a few CDs of Tamil film music). This

helps me by making the sounds/words more familiar rather than just a

bunch of unfamiliar noise to my American ears.

 

 

Best of luck!!

 

With love,

At Amma's feet,

Niseema

 

Ammachi, "Krishna Prasad" <rkrishp99>

wrote:

> Hari OM! OM Amriteswariye Namaha!

>

> Blessed Brianna,

>

> Please click in the link below

>

> http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/Learn/Malayalam.asp

>

> Vidhyarambham is also a good source, but the best way to learn a

> language is to start talking in that language, No, Telugu, Hindi,

> Marathi, langauges did not help you to get aquainted with

Malayalam,

> even if you learn Tamil, there is little hope, to talk in Malayalam

> you have to learn Malayalam only.

>

> May Amma Bless us all.

>

> With Love & OM!

>

> Om Amriteswariye Namaha!

> Om Nama Shivaya!

>

> Krishna Prasad