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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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 at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Paniya". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. 
3. ↑ Linguistic Lineage for Paniya
4. ↑ 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

Languages spoken in Kerala
Non-tribal languages	Malayalam Tamil Tulu Kannada Konkani
Tribal languages	Allar Aranadan Mannan Kadar Malapandaram Malaryan Malavedan Paliyan Paniya Ravula Eravallan Irula Kanikkaran Betta Kurumba Muthuvan Yerukula Mannan Kodava Jennu Kurumba Mullu Kurumba Urali Wayanad Chetti Korra Koraga Mudu Koraga Bellari Kudiya Mala Malasar Malasar Thachanadan Ullatan Kalanadi Kumbaran Kunduvadi Attapady Kurumba Muduga Pathiya Toda Kota
Other languages and creoles	Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam Cochin Indo-Portuguese Cannanore Indo-Portuguese Tellicherry Indo-Portuguese Quilon Indo-Portuguese Vypin Indo-Portuguese
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