Paniya language

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.[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.

Paniya
പണിയ
Native toIndia
RegionKerala State
EthnicityPaniya people
Native speakers
22,808, 23% of ethnic population (2011 census)[1]
Dravidian
Language codes
ISO 639-3pcg
Glottologpani1256[2]

See also
  • List of Indian languages by number of native speakers

References
  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. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Paniya". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Linguistic Lineage for Paniya
  4. Ethnologue report for language code:pcg
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