Languages

These languages have rich history and a lot more to it than what I am saying. But these are my experiences and views.

My mother tongue is Telugu. I speak a dialect which is so mixed with Kannada words that when I try to talk in Telugu with the hardcores they ridicule me. The language sounds sweet when
spoken properly. People in TamilNadu speak another variation which again sounds hilarious.
I have noticed that people from Andhra have this habit of mixing English words inappropriately.
Fooddu chesava?.

I grew up in Karnataka, learnt Kannada as my first language. Probably the language that I am most comfortable as I can understand most of the different ways of speaking Kannada. I can also understand poems, lyrics and movie dialogues. Again a sweet language. But the state
of this language is not healthy. I am sure the experts can dwelve into the details but I would be happy with a good Kannada movie industry to start with and quality of lyrics as good as the oldies.

I grew up in a town called KGF. KGF is a Tamil speaking region inside Karnataka. People who grow up in KGF will inevitable end up liking the spirit of being a Tamilian. I cant read,
can't write Tamil and can't understand even a bit of the Tamil news on TV. But we grew up essentially as Tams. Amongst all the communities in KGF the Tams had the best capacity to enjoy life. BTW It has a huge repository of cuss words.

Ofcourse I know English. Studied in a Convent, grew up in a town with colonial hangover. Our dhohi could speak better English than us. The language which I use the most but will never be able to master it.

With a lot of reluctance, Hindi. My third language at school. Managed to just about clear it. Endless hours of tele serials and movies have certainly helped. If Ramayan and Mahabharat had not happened then South India would have been much worse than it is. Hindi certainly helped me during my stay in Pune.

Sanskrit, I know a few Shlokas. I dont know what they mean. But I can recognize if it Sanskrit or not.

Then Urdu, especially the Urdu the Muslims speak in Karnataka. Urdu is very graceful. But the Urdu spoken in Karantaka can be sometimes very hilarious.

Marathi, I know enough to say I dont know Marathi. "fucktha" means "only". So guess what "ladies only" reads in Marathi.