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Disfluencies in Typical Children Speaking Malayalam

Author(s) Ms. Stephy K Yohannan, Dr. Satish Kumaraswamy
Country India
Abstract Speech fluency, which refers to the smooth and continuous flow of speech, develops gradually in children and often includes normal disfluencies such as pauses, repetitions, and revisions. The present study aimed to examine disfluency patterns in typical Malayalam-speaking children aged 4–8 years and to compare these patterns across CBSE (English-medium) and Government (Malayalam-medium) school contexts. A total of 60 children in the age group of 4-8yrs who were further divided into two groups 4-5.11yrs,6-7.11yrs. Speech samples were collected using three tasks: general conversation, story narration, and song recitation. The obtained data was analyzed using independent samples t-tests and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with SPSS version 23, considering a p-value of less than .05 as statistically significant. The results showed no significant differences between the two age groups across tasks, suggesting that disfluency patterns remain relatively stable within this age range. However, children from CBSE schools showed significantly higher disfluency rates compared to those from Government schools across all tasks. No significant difference was observed across the three tasks within each group. These findings indicate that educational and linguistic context may influence disfluency patterns and highlight the need for context-specific norms for accurate clinical assessment.
Keywords disfluency, Malayalam-speaking children, bilingualism, CBSE, Government schools, fluency development
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On 2026-05-18
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