Paniya language

Paniya
Paniya
പണിയ
Native to	India
Region	KeralaState
Ethnicity	Paniya people
Native speakers	23,000 (2011 census); 23% of ethnic population[citation needed]
Language family	Dravidian Southern Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kodagu Tamil–Malayalam Malayalam languages Ravulic Paniya; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pcg
Glottolog	pani1256

Paniyais one of theMalayalam languagesspoken inIndia.It is spoken by thePaniya people,ascheduled tribewith a majority of its speakers in the state ofKerala.The language is also known asPania,PaniyanandPanyah.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 inTamil Nadu,482 inKarnataka.^[2]Most of its speakers are found in theWayanad,Kozhikode,KannurandMalappuramdistricts of Kerala, and to the west of theNilgiri Hillsin Tamil Nadu.

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^^a ^bPaniyaatEthnologue(25th ed., 2022)
^"A Hand Book of Population Statistics - Census 1981".Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 1988.

v t e Languages ofKerala
Non-tribal languages	Arabi Malayalam Kannada Konkani Malayalam Tamil Telugu Tulu
Tribal languages	Allar Bellari Eravallan Irula Kadar Kalanadi Kanikkaran Kodava Koraga Kota Kudiya Kumbaran Kunduvadi Kurumba Attapady Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jennu Kurumba Mullu Kurumba Malapandaram Malaryan Malasar Mala Malasar Malavedan Mannan Muduga Muthuvan Paliyan Paniya Pathiya Ravula Thachanadan Toda Ullatan Urali Wayanad Chetti Yerukala
Other languages and creoles	Aranadan Beary Cannanore Portuguese creole Cochin Portuguese creole English Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam
Related topics	Dravidian languages Languages of India Languages of South Asia
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