Episode 77 mapped the north and the west. This episode completes the map with the east and the south, where the first languages belong to different families and the melodies change again. English shaped by Bengali tends to rise often and softly; English shaped by Tamil tends to sit high and level and to stretch the ends of phrases; English shaped by Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam tends to move quickly, with vowels at the ends of words and a rhythm that can feel like a fast drum. What you will learn: • The South is not one place • Bengali-influenced English • Tamil-influenced English • Telugu- and Kannada-influenced English • Malayalam-influenced English • Following words through the melody • Practice: decode the scene • Listening strategies • Self-check questions to test your ear Level: B1–B2. Self-study: listen, then take the quizzes. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.