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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox language<br />
| name = Paniya<br />
| nativename = പണിയ<br />
| states = [[India]]<br />
| region = [[Kerala]] State<br />
| speakers = 22,808<br />
| ethnicity = [[Paniya people]]<br />
| date = 2011 census<br />
| ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language_MTs.html|title=Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref><br />
| familycolor = Dravidian<br />
| fam2 = Southern<br />
| fam3 = [[Tamil–Kannada languages|Tamil–Kannada]]<br />
| fam4 = Tamil–Kodagu<br />
| fam5 = Tamil–Malayalam<br />
| fam6 = [[Malayalam languages|Malayalam]]<br />
| iso3 = pcg<br />
| glotto = pani1256<br />
| glottorefname = Paniya<br />
| speakers2 = 23% of ethnic population<br />
}}<br />
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'''Paniya''' is one of the [[Dravidian languages#Classification|South Dravidian languages]] spoken in [[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.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=pcg Linguistic Lineage for Paniya<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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]].<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pcg Ethnologue report for language code:pcg<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[List of Indian languages by number of native speakers]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Other external links==<br />
* http://www.languageinindia.com/may2001/paniya2.html<br />
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110526072200/http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram/paper_163341.htm<br />
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{{Languages spoken in Kerala}}<br />
{{Dravidian languages}}<br />
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[[Category:Malayalam language]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of Kerala]]</div>->Kanguole