# Mygurudu

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'''Mygurudu''' is a [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam)-based [secret language](/source/Cant_(language)) developed in Northern Kerala during the [Malabar Rebellion](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Clear_text)''' 
|അ
|ആ
|ഇ
|ഈ
|ഉ
|ഊ
|ഋ
|എ
|ഏ
|ഐ
|ഒ
|ഓ
|ഔ
|അം
|അഃ
|-
|'''[Cipher text](/source/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](/source/mnemonic) to learn and remember this language. The mnemonic was very similar to [Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit) [slokas](/source/Shloka).

{{Cquote|1=കമ ങയ ചര വട ണ്ടഷ
പന റണ ഞള ങ്കറ്റ മ്പഞ്ച
ന്തഹ ബജ}}

===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](/source/Mulabhadra), another Malayalam-based secret language from erstwhile [Travancore](/source/Travancore) state (Southern Kerala)
* [Byari language](/source/Beary_dialect) of [Beary](/source/Beary) people

==References==
{{reflist}}

Category:Languages of Kerala
Category:Malayalam language
Category:Cant languages

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