Re:A girl was found living among monkeys in an Indian forest
by microcolonel on Friday April 07, 2017 @11:54PM
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Yeah, it was a typo introduced paradoxically by my spellchecker. Somebody misspelled Malayalam as Malayam on my Chrome, then added it to the dictionary (!). Anyway, yes, I meant Malayalam.
Re:A girl was found living among monkeys in an Indian forest
by cmdr_plx on Sunday April 09, 2017 @06:47AM
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Sorry, you remember incorrectly. The former pronunciation is correct. The stress is on the third syllable.
Re:A girl was found living among monkeys in an Indian forest
by vorg on Saturday April 08, 2017 @01:26AM
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The wikipedia article says it's pronounced "mʌləˈjɑːləm" (3rd syllable stressed), yet don't people in Kerala say "mʌˈlɑːjələm" (2nd syllable stressed, last 2 syllables almost spoken as one). It's been 30 yrs since I visited, so maybe I remember wrongly. If so, then maybe writing "Malayam" instead of "Malayalam" isn't too far wrong.
Re:A girl was found living among monkeys in an Indian forest
by vorg on Saturday April 08, 2017 @08:23AM
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> The wikipedia article says it's pronounced "mʌləˈjɑːləm" (3rd syllable stressed), yet don't people in Kerala say "mʌˈlɑːjələm" (2nd syllable stressed, last 2 syllables almost spoken as one). It's been 30 yrs since I visited, so maybe I remember wrongly.
Can anyone verify the correct pronunciation?
EDIT: For those who don't understand the reference, "Malayalam" [1] is the official language of the South Indian state of Kerala.
The question was asking if the parent post mistyped "Malayam" instead of "Malayalam".
Looks like some folks have misunderstood my post and reacted negatively.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayalam