Few things I observed about my daughter's language acquisition
- She picked up velars and labials ahead of others
- She barely utters palatals
- Retroflexs are nowhere in the picture. I guess quintessential Dravidian identifiers are rather late developments
- Even though I'm the only 'ba' Malayalam speaker at home dominated by 'va' Malayalis, her initial words start with 'ba'. However, she is slowly making a transition to 'va', may be under the influence of zealous Malayalis at home.
- When words contain velars and labials, invariably, labial over-rides velar whatever may be the position
eg. kApi (Coffee) -> pApi
pArk -> pyApi
- Many words end with -i- instead of -a-
eg. Ani (elephant) instead of Ana
- Malayali tendency to change the first short 'a' to 'e' is already visible (Maybe influenced)
eg. banana -> benana
- She picked up velars and labials ahead of others
- She barely utters palatals
- Retroflexs are nowhere in the picture. I guess quintessential Dravidian identifiers are rather late developments
- Even though I'm the only 'ba' Malayalam speaker at home dominated by 'va' Malayalis, her initial words start with 'ba'. However, she is slowly making a transition to 'va', may be under the influence of zealous Malayalis at home.
- When words contain velars and labials, invariably, labial over-rides velar whatever may be the position
eg. kApi (Coffee) -> pApi
pArk -> pyApi
- Many words end with -i- instead of -a-
eg. Ani (elephant) instead of Ana
- Malayali tendency to change the first short 'a' to 'e' is already visible (Maybe influenced)
eg. banana -> benana
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