Word: malayalam
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have their high school diplomas (not difficult in Kerala, where education is free), and be trained in the language of their new country. In fact, many of the estimated 1,500 recruits were often younger (some were 15), did not have diplomas and spoke little more than Malayalam, the language of Kerala. It was also true that some clerics who sent them turned a profit on the transaction, since the girls traveled on student fares and required less than $150 in other expenses...