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names of ants

From:LIJESH KRISHNAN <lijesh@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 2, 2000, 6:50
On Mon, 1 May 2000, Carlos Thompson wrote:

> Here it is an interesting translation exercise I'm authorized to cross post.
> > Nobody remembers the names of ants (English)
My mother tongue is Malayalam, a Dravidian language (like Tamil, Telugu and Kannada). Its closest relative is Tamil. So here goes
> urumbukalude peru aarum ormikkarilla (Malayalam)
It doesn't sound too profound I'm afraid. This is my first post by the way. So a big Hello to everyone. Lijesh Krishnan lijesh@vsnl.com