Shabaz Sharif
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Malayalam and Tamil are different languages, they are not different accents, or even dialects. It's like Hindia and Urdu, are they the same? No.
Malayalam has different words to Tamil, but the similarities are enough that I can understand some of it. But Malayalees still have to learn Tamil to fully understand it.
Calling it another accent is not accurate. They are different languages. Our written words don't look the same, we have different words for things.
Also keep in mind that Pakistanis have more in common with North Indians than North Indians would have with a South Indian. There is this North - South divide.
Coconut Trees are dime a dozen in Kerala. So it makes sense to use it for everything. Just like you have people in the Ivory Coast who use Cocoa for different purposes.
If its like urdu-hindi then its pretty much same language especially if you can understand it. Because sindhi-punjabi are two different languages, but with few similarities.