Paniya

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
pcg
Alternate Names
Nil, Pania, Paniyan, Panyah
Autonym
பணிய‎ (Paniya), പാണിയ‎ (Paniya)
User Population

22,800 (2011 census).

Location

Karnataka state: Kodagu district; Kerala state: Kannur, Kozhikode, Malappuram, and Wayanad districts; Tamil Nadu state: west of Nilgiris hills.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Malayalam
Dialects

Intelligibility of Malappura Paniya by Kodava [kfa] is 66%. Lexical similarity: 79%–88% between dialects and Malappuram Paniya, 71% with Kodaku [ksz] and Kodava [kfa].

Language Use

Home, religion. Also use English [eng]. Also use Kannada [kan]. Also use Malayalam [mal]. Also use Tamil [tam].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 41% for Kerala, 26% for Tamil Nadu (2001 census).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Paniya
Writing

Kannada script [Knda], used in Karnataka. Malayalam script [Mlym], used in Kerala. Tamil script [Taml], used in Tamil Nadu.

Other Comments

Hindu, traditional religion.