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Paniya
Pania, Paniyan, Panyah
പണിയ
Native to	India
Region	Kerala
Ethnicity	Paniyas
Native speakers	23,000 (2011 census)^[1] 23% of ethnic population^{[citation needed]}
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Malayalamoid Paniya–Ravula Paniya
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`pcg`
Glottolog	`pani1256`

Paniya is one of the Malayalamoid languages spoken in 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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.

References

^ ^a ^b Paniya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ "A Hand Book of Population Statistics - Census 1981". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 1988.

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v t e Languages of Kerala
Non-tribal languages	Arabi Malayalam Kannada Konkani Malayalam Tamil Telugu Tulu
Tribal languages	Allar Bellari Eravallan Irula Kadar Kalanadi Kanikkaran Kodava Koraga Kota Kudiya Kumbaran Kunduvadi Kurumba Attapady Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jennu Kurumba Mullu Kurumba Malapandaram Malaryan Malasar Mala Malasar Malavedan Mannan Muduga Muthuvan Paliyan Paniya Pathiya Ravula Thachanadan Toda Ullatan Urali Wayanad Chetti Yerukala
Other languages and creoles	Aranadan Beary Cannanore Portuguese creole Cochin Portuguese creole English Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam
Related topics	Dravidian languages Languages of India Languages of South Asia
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Kannadoid	Kannada Holiya Maundadan Chetti Sholaga Alu Kurumba Betta Kurumba Jennu Kurumba

Badaga

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Toda

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Urali

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Tamiloid	Tamil Jaffnese Sankethi Thigala Eravallan Kaikadi Mala Malasar Malasar Malapandaram Mannan Muthuvan Paliyan Pattapu Yerukala
Malayalamoid	Malayalam Arabi Malayalam Byari Jeseri Judeo-Malayalam Suriyani Malayalam Allar Eranadan Kadar Kalanadi Kanikkaran Kunduvadi Kurichiya Malamuthan Malankuravan Malaryan Malavedan Mullu Kurumba Paniya Pathiya Ravula Thachanadan Ullatan Vishavan Wayanad Chetti

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Gondoid	Gondi Khirwar Koya Madiya Muria Nagarchal Pardhan
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Kolami-Naiki	Kolami Naiki
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Kurukh-Malto	Kurukh Malto Kumarbhag Paharia Sauria Paharia
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Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

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