Paniya

Paniya language

Paniya language

Malayalam language of Kerala, India

Paniya is one of the Malayalam 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.[1] 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.[2] 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. [1]
    Paniya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    "A Hand Book of Population Statistics - Census 1981". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 1988.
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