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Is There a Correlation between Languages Spoken and Intricate Movements of Tongue? A Comparative Study of Various Movements of Tongue among the Three Ethnic Races of Malaysia

Nayak SB 1 , Awal MB 2 , Han CW 2 , Sivaram G 2 , Vigneswaran T 2 , Choon TL 2 Show all authors , Aithal AP 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Professor, Department of Anatomy, Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus) , Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India
  • 2 Medical Student, Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus), Manipal University , Manipal, Karnataka, India
  • 3 Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus), Manipal University , Manipal, Karnataka, India
J Clin Diagn Res, 2016 Jan;10(1):AC08-11.
PMID: 26894051 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/16669.7156

Abstract

Tongue is mainly used for taste, chewing and in speech. In the present study, we focused on the secondary function of the tongue as to how it is used in phonetic pronunciation and linguistics and how these factors affect tongue movements.

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