language issues for southwest indian migrants is there any information available on people from the state of kerala ( speakers of malayalam ) who have migrated to other states / countries and the language issues that they face ? i ' m after any papers / research / etc on language behaviours ( ie code-mixing / switching , incorporation of non - malayalam lexemes / grammar , " malglish " ( malayalam & english ) or colloquialisms / slang that follow non - malayalam word conjunctions eg : andhi-thalla = dick-head ) and on language issues facing migrant malayalee communities ( ie language maintenance , language change etc ) . does anyone know of any good sources of information ? asha rajan centre for aboriginal studies curtin university of technology perth western australia australia " as kingfishers catch fire , dragonflies draw flame " ( gm hopkins )