Paniya

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Paniya is one of the languages of India. It is a language of the scheduled tribes with a majority of its speakers in the state of Kerala. It is also called as Pania, Paniyan and Panyah. It belongs to the Dravidian family of languages.^[1] According to the 1981 Census, there were 63,827 speakers of Paniya which includes 56,952 in Kerala, 6,393 in Tamil Nadu, 482 in Karnataka.^[2] Most of its speakers are found in the Wayanad, Kozhikode, Kannur and Malappuram districts of Kerala, and to the west of the Nilgiri hills in Tamil Nadu.

[edit] See also

• List of Indian languages by number of native speakers

[edit] References

1. ^ Linguistic Lineage for Paniya
2. ^ Ethnologue report for language code:pcg

[edit] Other external links

• http://www.languageinindia.com/may2001/paniya2.html
• http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram/paper_163341.htm