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Pronounciation for any other South INDIANS
Pronounciation for any other South ASIANS
As you probably well know, Malayalam is very, very similar to Tamil. However, it does have just one small quirk in terms of pronounciation that you don't find in Tamil: the aspirated sound.
All right, first of all:
/Ka/ and /Kha/
The second sound is aspirated. This means that it is pronounced with a sort of "h" sound.
Try to say the word "car" (the way an American or English person would say it). Notice how you pronounce it with a sort of "kh" sound. That is the "aspirated" sound.
Similarly, all of these consonants are "aspirated": /gha/ /chha/ /jha/ /Tha/ /Dha/ /bha/ (and possibly /pha/).
So, for example, to pronounce /gha/, just try repeating "guh-hah" fast enough to get rid of the "uh" sound. Did I lose you?...Wait a minute...Where did you just get...uh...lost? OK, let me explain it more clearly:
1) Repeat "guh-hah" several times. As you repeat, pronounce it faster and faster!
2) Eventually, you should be pronouncing it fast enough to get rid of the "uh" sound, so you are saying "ghah," or /gha/.
And that's all YOU need to pronounce all of the sounds in Malayalam just like a Malayalee!