20210311 : Accents...
So, this is on a very interesting note.... I have for the past sometime, observed the malayalam accent (at close quarters) 😊 Even if folks know english (or any other language) well, the accent is so prevalent no matter.. So my conclusion is as follows: What we think as accent change is not accent change at all. They replace few syllables with other equivalents , and i think they do it because those sounds or syllables dont exist in the malayalam alphabet ( their equivalent of swaras and vynjanas). It's like the Japanese. Their alphabet doesnt have the sound "LA" (ಲ) so they replace it with "RA" (ರ) . So something like 'low' becomes 'row'. Similarly i feel these are the 4 main transformations that happens (there could be more, but i feel these are main) 1. 'TA' (ತ/ಟ) gets replaced by 'DA' (ಡ) 2. 'NA' (ನ) gets replaced by 'NA' (ಣ) 3 'LA' (ಲ) gets replaced by 'LA' (ಳ) 4. 'O'/ 'OH' (ಒ)...