Paniya language

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Paniya
പണിയ
Native toIndia
RegionKerala State
EthnicityPaniya people
Native speakers
22,808 (2011 census)[1]
23% of ethnic population
Dravidian
Language codes
ISO 639-3pcg
Glottologpani1256

Paniya is one of the 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.[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.

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  1. ↑ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  2. ↑ Linguistic Lineage for Paniya
  3. ↑ Ethnologue report for language code:pcg

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