So, in Malawi, there's this interesting thing that happens with Rs and Ls where they tend to get swapped. So when I was walking in the market with my dear friend Calorine, we came across this awesome chip shop.
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That's interesting. I do see that 16 languages are spoken there, 6 being distinct. English being "official" (though that may be thanks to colonization). On the one hand I want to give the shop owner the benefit of the doubt because it is possible one of their native languages has the R L phenomenon. Or they're avoiding lawsuits by changing the name. Or... it's just a goof. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Probably just a goof.
I'm not very familiar with African languages, but other areas with broad language diversity (Philippines, India) tend to have very similar phonology across regional languages since they tend to be in the same language family.