Paniya language
| Paniya | |
|---|---|
| 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)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Paniya". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ 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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