Kanikkaran
A language of India
| Population | 19,000 (2007). |
| Region | Kerala, Kozhikode, Ernakulam, Koliam, Trivandrum districts, Neyyattinkara and Nedumangadu taluks; Tamil Nadu, Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli districts. |
| Alternate names | Kanikkar, Kannikan, Kannikaran, Kannikharan, Malampashi |
| Dialects | Lexical similarity: 71%–80% between Kanikkaran varieties in Kerala, 67%–71% between Kanikkaran in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, 66%–75% with Malayalam [mal], 59%–65% with Tamil [tam]. |
| Classification | Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Tamil |
| Language use | Almost all in Kerala are shifting to Malayalam [mal]. Most also use Malayalam or Tamil; Tamil is the medium of education. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 71%–80% in Kerala, 59%–68% in Tamil Nadu. Grammar. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Hunter-gatherers; agriculturalists. Hindu, traditional religion. |
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