Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c9.152

c9.152

And there are many other instances, such as फरवुं ‘to walk,’ टकवुं ‘to last,’ and मरडवुं ‘to twist,’ the Marâṭhî forms of which are फिरणें, टिकणें, and मुरडणें. Thus Sanskrit, Prâkṛit, and even foreign words such as मालूम ‘known,’ which becomes मालम, change their इ or उ to अ. The Gujarâtî people have thus got a habit of careless pronunciation. After forming the contact necessary for pronouncing a consonant, they emit the breath without compressing it at the palatal or labial position, and thus save the trouble of raising the middle of the tongue to the palate, or rounding the lips.