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Artist: Alejandra Castaneda (Peru)
Krupa's drawing will go here soon


in Gujarati [spoken in India]

Hu ane mari baa

Mari banu naam punam chhe. E india ane nyu yourk ma (new york) rahe chhe. Mari baa mara baapujinu mummy chhe. Hu mari bane prem karu chhu.

Written by: Krupa Gohil
Clarendon Primary School
South Africa

My grandmother and me

My grandmother's name is punam. she lives in India and New York. This granny is my fathers mother. I love my granny.

Written by: Krupa Gohil
Clarendon Primary School
South Africa


Grandmother in Tamil:

Maternal grandma:
ummachi (u - sounds like umbrella; a sounds like ball, and i at the end is short vowel i)

Paternal grandma:
upputtha (u in both cases, shourt vowel u, a like ball) Common word for grandam (a like ball, i short vowel i)

Mano
India


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