Paniya language
Paniya | |
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பணிய | |
Native to | India |
Region | Kerala State |
Native speakers | 94,000 (2003)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
pcg |
Glottolog |
pani1256 [2] |
Paniya is one of the Dravidian languages of 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.
See also
References
- ↑ Paniya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Paniya". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Linguistic Lineage for Paniya
- ↑ Ethnologue report for language code:pcg
Other external links
- http://www.languageinindia.com/may2001/paniya2.html
- http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram/paper_163341.htm
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