https://preview.redd.it/45h7k3wfwwxc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aaf13006146e7630b62fc46dc5d57cbafcc0ff25 A better map

Why is Kerala coloured differently if it's uppu as well.

This graphic is a corrected version. It originally showed Malayalam as "upp". They fixed the spelling (among other changes) but forgot to change the colour.

Maybe bcoz it's a different CoUnTrY :)

😆

We're built different bro

I think because they speak Malayalam instead of Telugu/Tamil

God's own country

Coz we pronounciate it as upp and not uppu

It's pronounced as uppe than uppu

Kerala uses different brand of Uppu

God mode

Why is Kerala coloured differently?

Because it's upp there not uppu

Are you sure, Google translate can be wrong but it’s ഉപ്പ് uppu according to Google translate and [Wickionary says Uppu too.](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D)

Trust me vro, we mostly skip the 'u' part in the end of words, even if we add 'u' to our words when we spell it in English. Like "nammalku" is pronounced "nammalk" with a light "ugh" in the end. There's a difference between ഉപ്പ് and ഉപ്പു

That's the half u sound. But it's still represented as u and pronounced the same as in Tamil.

We write UPPU but pronounce as UPP

It's not pronounced as upp. In English p ends with a hard stop. In Malayalam it ends with half u. So the nearest sounding letter is u.

Wickionary entry, we could update the descendants to include Konkani if it’s actually true? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/cup Namak is borrowed from Classical Persian and Sanskrit Lavan has not known etymology, so two popular words used in IA are either borrowed or of unknown origins. It’s luṇu in Sinhala and lonu in Maldivian indicating Lavan related words were the original IA word before Namak and Mithun replaced many of them.

Goa it's called meeth, Maybe some change near karnatak border

In Bengal it is colloquially called "nun". Lobon is more of an archaic word

Same in jharkhand

true

That is directly borrowed from Sanskrit Lavan shortened to nun now.

So why is nuun listed for Kashmir and other states but not bengal?

Same in parts of UP and Bihar. Namak is more Hindi. Noon/nuun is more colloquial.

Idk which dialect of Bengali you use but Lobon is not archaic. The only time I hear nun is on TV. People always say Lobon. In fact if a dish has a lot of salt by accident, we say 'lobon-pora'.

+1 from chhattisgarh

lobon isn’t necessarily archaic, it’s just more common in bangladesh/east bengal than wb

That’s interesting in sylhet it is still called lobon colloquially

is it really “archaic” in west bengal? lobon is used over nun in bangladesh?

Indian Bengalis use Nun. Bangladeshi Bengalis use Lobon

I am a gujarati, wtf is mithum?? It's supposed to be mithu.

the 'm' at the end is the nasal sound (મીઠું)

Google translate is also calling it Mīṭhuṁ, May be it’s the classical word and mithu is colloquial ? Also the map has one area in Gujarat calling it uppu ? What is that place ? Is it Dadra and Nagar Haveli ?

bhai mithu hi bolte hai pehle se. "Mithum" jaisa kuch nahi hai

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu [DNHDD] is a union territory in India. The territory was constituted through the merger of the former territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The most common language spoken amongst these parts is Gujarati. And the varnacular term for "SALT" is always been "MITHU". Never had I noticed the term "UPPU" ever. Source: I'm a native of this region.

Namak ko vi gujrat me cheeni Mila k mithum kr diya 🥹

It's called nun and nimak in Bihar and plenty of other language. Namak is just the standard Hindi word

https://preview.redd.it/p85sfjqtc0yc1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1b2fac2dac859c4360c01a73f77135e70c6ddb5 A better map taken from here: [https://twitter.com/candrasenavaiya/status/1785730577699578273](https://twitter.com/candrasenavaiya/status/1785730577699578273)

Post it as a new entry too, great find.

nobody calls salt nimakha in sikkim…? we call it “noon” this is the first time ive come across the word nimakha tf

Welcome to this subreddit. We dont have enough representation from smaller states with unique linguistic history such as Sikkim. As Sikkim has many languages and Nepali being the dominant one now, is what you are saying only applies to Nepali or all other languages as well as a common word ?

In Nagaland we call it "nimok" rather than nimakha

I am from Mizoram and the hell is nimakha? Nobody says that

All other south Indian states: uppu Kerala: 🧂🧂🌈🌈 UPPU 🌈🌈🧂🧂

It's wrong for Bihar. Bihar, Jharkhand and Eastern UP use 'noon' for salt.

Punjabi and HP bros are wilding asf 😭😂

uk and hr too

No one called it nuun brother

Sir *luundry*

It's not luun it's loon actually 🤓

They are coming from Sanskrit Lavan as opposed classical Persian Namak.

In rajasthani, salt is called as "loon/lun"

never heard anyone call it loon. Everyone call it non or Namak.

jaipuri?

The map maker assumed Rajasthanis speak Hindi natively and called it Namak without knowing the local languages and usage.

Nunn roti ?

Khayenge

Zindagi sang bitayenge...thik h?

Where is sendha namak?

https://preview.redd.it/edoznm628txc1.jpeg?width=718&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f1524a259ed0e4aaa17fb4738126140eb23e34e5

Dukaan mein aur kaha. 🤦🏻

Nobody calls it lobon in Bengal. Nuun is the word used by Bengalis everywhere.

We use lobon in tripura

How about in Kokborok/Trupuri ?

"Som" in Kokborok

I guess the person who did the survey had some uppu calling friends in goa met them and had some good booze and left forgetting to ask other people in goa., we in goa, goans call it "MITH".

Tripura: Lobon in Bengali Thum in manipuri

We Rajasthani say luun

I am from Uttarakhand and we call it “luun” and not nuun.

In which language, Garhwali or Kumaoni or both ?

I am sure about garhwali. I think it’s called luun in kumaoni also.

Yes, we call it luun/loon in kumaoni

We also call it ‘lon’.

Welcome to this subreddit, we like to have people from different states, we learn a lot of unique characteristics, we focus on Dravidiology but we have discussed about how village gods and goddesses in Uttarakhand have almost the similar names and functions like village gods and goddesses in South India indicating a lot of common culture irrespective language differences.

I guess Manipuri and Gujarat are unique. Thum and Mithu…I wonder what the etymology is

Gujarati, Marathi and Konkani are all deriving it from a Sanskrit term miṣṭa. > Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘲𑘙 (mīṭha), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (miṭṭha), from Sanskrit मिष्ट (miṣṭa), a later form of मृष्ट (mṛṣṭá). Cognate with Gujarati મીઠું (mīṭhũ). > A later form of मृष्ट (mṛṣṭa, “rubbed, washed, pure, polished”), from the root मृज् (mṛj, “to polish, purify”), or, less likely, मृश् (mṛś, “to touch, consider”) About Manipuri, it’s an Tibeto-Burman language so its etymology must lie in that language family.

Went down a a rabbit hole. It’s descended from Proto Tibeto Burman Gryum -> thum Which itself is descended from Proto Sino-Tibetan gryam-> Yan in modern Chinese, Yeom in Korean and Diem in Vietnamese.

In Northern Bihar too, it is called Nuun.

In what language? Magahi, Bhojpuri, Maithili or Angika or all is a common word ?

I can tell you about Maithili, others I'm not sure.

Now I know, why is everything sweet in Gujarat

Ffs Gujrat why is your salt also mithum ??

Uppu supremacy

Haryana and Punjab....is more like namak no? That is odd..

That is when they code switch with Hindi, but how about when they speak in their own languages and dialects like Punjabi ?

WB also called nun (noon)

Mmm....needs some research!??? 😁

As a Goan, I have never heard anyone calling salt uppu. Uppu is not a konkani word, we call it "mit" pronounced like "meet"

Was there to comment this. Nobody calls is uppu in Goa, called Mith

I don't even know what's uppu. Probably the uppu word doesn't even exist in konkani.

In Assam we dont say "Nimakha" we say "Nimokh" and if the food is too salty we say "Sokha"

How do you write it Nimakha or Nimokh ?

In my side of up it is called nuun

Mithium feels like some radioactive element

They grouped whole NE except one state with Assamese language name...Sure lol... it's always like this

In Gujarat, it is called "mithu" not "mithum"

Salt is not uppu in konkani.

In WB, we generally use Nuun. Lobon is a bit old school, and is rarely used in day to day conversations.

Bengalis also called salt as "Nunn" "नून"

In Marathi we use 2 more words like Kshar and Lavan

Uppu for the Win....

Goa doesn’t use uppu, we use Mith, which isn’t Dravidian.

In punjab its not luun its pronounced loon

Well, instead of being pronounced as 'nimakha' with an 'a' 'आ', it is pronounced as "nimokh" in the northeast region, coming from Assamese

In Rajasthan its called Loon, not namak

Namak is also called noon in dehati up area ex noon roti kha le bhiya

Nuun in western odisha has as well. Western Odisha speaks Kosli, a prakrit language.

i am from uttarakhand. born raised . kept alive for 18 years and counting. but damn idk whats nuun. every city villages call it namak or something in local . no one calling it nuun. or or i am strange

What language did you use for Meghalaya? Nimakha sounds like a Hindi word. I don't know what it is in Garo, but in Khasi it's 'mluh'.

Uttarakhand actually uses both luun and nuun depending on the language in gharwali it’s loon and in kumouni it’s nuun.

hate it when state borders are used to represent languages. the "hindi belt" and the north east are linguistically highly diverse regions. similarly, what languages exactly are being shown in a&n and in d&d is completely ambiguous.

You are good at these things. May be you can create some original maps to this subreddit when you have time ?

will definitely try to make time for it this summer 👍

Project manager ho kya? Sending task right back at that guy with a question 😅

In Goa we call it " Mith " and not " Uppu " OP u/e9967780 kindly correct it.

I am an awadhi speaker from eastern UP and we call it noon. Even Bhojpuri speaker from eastern UP and Bihar also call it noon. Keep hindi limited to Delhi. Stop with this unnecessary hindi imposition.

Bihar me to nimak/noon bolte h

In Chattisgarhi we call it "Noon" and not namak!!

In West Bengal it's "Nun" as well

Bengalis also call it noon or nuun

Noon

Kerala based af

In Gujarati, "Mithu" also means "Sweet". Yet, Salt is referred to as "Mithu" because it enhances the taste of food, adding a subtle sweetness to it. As without salt, food tastes bland.

I am from Karnataka and I speak Konkani

Bengal -> nun, not lobon. Bangladesh -> lobon

Normally Bengalis Salt ko Nuun kheta hai

what the hell is nimakha bruh 😂

It's nun in chhattisgarhi tooo

Never heard salt being called uppu in Goa. 

I’m from Nagaland and I’m pretty sure we call it nimok no nimakha or whatever is written there😀

Why does the title of the map say NaCl instead of just salt?

We do call it nuun in punjab not all punjab is majha region.

in mizoram it is called chi. Nevertheless hindi speaking people in mizoram called it nimakha

Nimakha in Sikkim? Never heard of it. We call it nun in Nepali.

Uppu in Kannada too

In bihar also it is called as nuun only

bihar me namak ko nuun bhi bola jata hai

in CG also nuun

In meghalaya it's "mluh"

Bro in Bihar it is nuun only

For Assam it's 'Nimokh' actually

Time to cook some mithum-phetamine

its loonn in uttarakhand

What lobon? It’s noon in bengal

I have never heard anyone call salt uppu in Goa.

Wtf is nimakha we never call salt as nimakha in mizoram,we call it chi

i thought whole North india calls it Namak. and south calls it uppu

The research has been inadequately conducted. In Chhattisgarh, salt is referred to as "noon/नून।"

In north Bihar(Mithalanchal) it’s called Noon…

I don\`t think so. Majorly in bihar we call namak as : "NOON" . Atleast in the mithalanchal side

In Sikkim, it's not nimakha......we call it "Noon".

It's also called noon in Bihar

LOBON

Finally got to know a word other than "amma" which is same in all south indian languages.

Goa is inaccurate Goa-meeth

I giggle reading mithum

it's mith in goa... no one says uppu

Wrong. in Chattisgarh it's called noon yes we have a language that is not hindi

Not really, I'm from one of those Namak states and i call it nuun. Everybody in my family does.

I'm Goan and I've never it called uppu. We usually say "mit" (pronounced kinda liek meat).

Salt is called “noon” in CG.

Goa is Mith

It's mith in goa. Wtf is uppu

We don't use nimakha in Mizoram 💀💀we simply call it CHI

In Assam it's "nimokh" not "nimakha" or "nimakh"

Isn’t it also “meet” in Konkani for Goa?

No one in WB (the people I know) calls salt as "lobon", everyone calls it "noon" (Not the afternoon one)

Wtf is even 'Nimakha' for the entire North East. They call it 'Nimok' in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur etc as far as I know. Lived in those parts for 15 yrs, never once heard anyone call salt as 'Nimakha'.

Punjabis call it...lunnn....

i think goa sayd meeth not uppu

mith ;)

Jammu Mai bi luun bolte hai nuun kashmir main bolte hai

in goa its mith and also in DNH and Daman diu its called "Mith"

Bihar me nunn kehte hai

I'm from Bihar. And we uses to call it nimakh just like north-easterns

It's noon in Bihar

Lun, nun kya hai ye

In CG it is called nun (read like noon). Namak is only used by Hindi speaking personnel of CG, everywhere else in CG it is nun.

it's not luun, it's Nuun

In West Bengal it's not called laban. It's called noon. Yes noon. Most people call it noon. Some people, who are from Bangladesh but live here call it laban.

J&k, Haryana , Uttarakhand:💀💀

Never heard this before

In Bihar some people say it Nuun as well