KOCHI: There is a running joke among Keralites — the Malayalam translation for the word ‘switch’. We giggle while mouthing the word — ‘vidyucchakthi-gamanaagamana-niyanthrana-yanthram’. Though it ...

Words make a language, and often, with the changes that the passage of time causes, certain words are lost as new words gain currency. Often, these words slip away unnoticed. “When my mother and I ...

The State Institute of Languages is making an effort to find appropriate words in Malayalam to substitute commonly used English words. Institute Director V. Karthikeyan Nair said mechanical conversion ...

As many as 6,000 words from several tribal languages and dialects will soon be available at the click of a mouse once the e-dictionary of the Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University is ready.