Paniya language

Paniya is one of the Dravidian languages of India. It is spoken by the Paniya people, a scheduled tribe with a majority of its speakers in the state of Kerala. The language is also known as Pania, Paniyan and Panyah. It belongs to the Dravidian family of languages.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.

See also

• List of Indian languages by number of native speakers

References

1. ↑ Paniya reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
2. ↑ Linguistic Lineage for Paniya
3. ↑ Ethnologue report for language code:pcg

Other external links

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

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