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Preferred term

pcgPaniya  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Paniya is one of the languages of India. It is a language of the scheduled tribes with a majority of its speakers in the state of Kerala. It is also called as Pania, Paniyan and Panyah. It belongs to the Dravidian family of languages. 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. 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.

Entry terms

  • Paniya language

ISO 639-3 code

  • pcg

Notation

  • pcg

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/pcg

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