{{more citations needed|date=November 2017}} '''Mygurudu''' is a Malayalam-based secret language developed in Northern Kerala during the Malabar Rebellion of 1921.<ref name="NIE_2017_article">{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2017/apr/27/mygurudu-the-jail-lingo-is-vocal-again-1598192.html |title=Mygurudu! The jail lingo is vocal again |last=Shafeeq |first=Alingal |date=2017-04-27 |website=Express News Service, The New Indian Express |access-date=2017-11-17}}</ref><ref name="ET_2013_article">{{Cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/project-to-digitise-dying-languages-embarked/articleshow/26952395.cms?from=mdr |title=Project to digitise dying languages embarked|date=2013-12-06 |website=PTI, The Economic Times |access-date=2017-11-17}}</ref> Prisoners used this coded language to pass messages without getting leaked.
==Concepts== The fundamental idea behind Mygurudu involves the swapping of Malayalam alphabets. For example, Mygurudu uses ‘Ra’ instead of ‘Cha’, and ‘Pa’ instead of ‘Na’.
==Current State== Mygurudu had about 400 speakers before 2020, however, the number of speakers has reached 900, and 2,500+ people are learning right now. This is mostly due to online platforms increasing accessibility to language learning resources. [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/the-rebel-code/] The Speech Science Research Forum of the Department of Linguistics of Kerala University has digitized and documented the structure of Mygurudu and other dying languages.<ref name="ET_2013_article" /> ==The scheme==
The following tables give the transposition scheme used in the ''Mygurudu'' code. ===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable" |- |'''Clear text''' |അ |ആ |ഇ |ഈ |ഉ |ഊ |ഋ |എ |ഏ |ഐ |ഒ |ഓ |ഔ |അം |അഃ |- |'''Cipher text''' |സ |സാ |സി |സീ |സു |സൂ |സൃ |സെ |സേ |സൈ |സൊ |സോ |സൗ |സം |സ: |}
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" |- | '''Clear text''' |ക |ങ |ച |വ |ണ്ട |പ |റ |ഞ |ങ്ക |മ്പ |ന്ത |ബ |- | '''Cipher text''' |മ |യ |ര |ട |ഷ |ന |ണ |ള |റ്റ |ഞ്ച |ഹ |ജ |}
===Mnemonic=== The users had developed a mnemonic to learn and remember this language. The mnemonic was very similar to Sanskrit slokas.
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===Examples===
{| class="wikitable" |- |'''Clear text''' |എന്താ പേര് |എവിടാ വീട് |ഒരു ചായ വേണം |കടി വേണോ |വേണ്ട |- | '''Cipher text''' |സെഹാ നേച്ച് |സെടീവാ ടീവ് |സൊചു രാങ ടേറം |മവി ടേറോ |ടേഷ |}
==See also== * Mulabhadra, another Malayalam-based secret language from erstwhile Travancore state (Southern Kerala) * Byari language of Beary people
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Languages of Kerala Category:Malayalam language Category:Cant languages