PCG ISO 639-3
Paniya
பணிய (Paniya), പാണിയ (Paniya) Autonym
A language of India
- ISO 639
- pcg
- Alternate Names
- Nil, Pania, Paniyan, Panyah
- Autonym
- பணிய (Paniya), പാണിയ (Paniya)
- 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.
- 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.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Karnataka state: Kodagu district; Kerala state: Kannur, Kozhikode, Malappuram, and Wayanad districts; Tamil Nadu state: west of Nilgiris hills.
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