Kasaragod Malayalam

Referenced locally as "Kasrod Malayalam" or "Malame" or "Malame Baase" or "Malame Bashe" The language spoken by the Malayali community in the Kasaragod district of Kerala by Hindus and Muslims. Intriguingly, the Kodava maaple (Muslims) community of Coorg. Karnataka also (influence with Coorg language) . For example: In Malame, 'House' is referred to as (Veed: in typical Malayalam) is "beed" while in Beary Bashe it is "pore".The Muslims of Kasaragod district speak a mixture of Kasaragod Malayalam and Beary Bashe.Kasaragod Malayalam varies from the standard Malayalam to a great extent. Unlike typical Malayalam, this has remained relatively uninfluenced by Sanskrit.
Salient features
* Extensive usage of 'ny' (ñ ) compared to neighbouring Tulu and Kannada.
* Lack of or loss of Approximant consonants like neighbouring Tulu and Kannada.
* Some of the words start with 'i' in which place standard Malayalam employs 'u'. For example indu (undu), ipperi (upperi).
Present state
Kasaragod Malayalam is deeply influenced and contains words from Tulu, Kannada, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, Beary bashe etc. Adaptation of vocabulary from various language helps the native speakers to learn and adapt to a new language with relatively low effort.

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