In Kerala
In 1838 he reached Mangalore but by April 1839 he moved to Illikunnu near Thalassery. At first when he moved to Illikunnu he was interested only in spreading the Gospel among others. Then he was a school inspector for two years in Malayalam-Karnataka region. At Illikunnu he lived for 20 years.
While he was there, Malayalam language was taught by Ooracheri Gurukkanmar from Chokli, a village near Thalassery. He helped him to write the first Malayalam Dictionary.
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