Paliyan
A language of India
| Population | 9,520 (2001 census). |
| Region | Kerala, Idukki District, Pirmed tahsil, Kumily, Vandanmedu, Chakkupallam panchayats; Ernakulam, Kottayam districts; Tamil Nadu, Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore districts; Karnataka. |
| Alternate names | Palaya, Palayan, Paliyar, Malai Paliyar, Palliyar, Poliyar, Palleyan, Palani, Makkal, Seramar, Tamil |
| Dialects | Mala Pulayan (Hill Pulaya, Karavazhi). Lexical similarity: 71%–75% with Tamil [tam], 62%–65% with Malayalam [mal], 79%–85% with Mala Pulayan [pcf]. |
| Classification | Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Malayalam |
| Language use | Also use Tamil or Malayalam. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 44–62% in Kerala, 50% for Hill Pulaya. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Agriculturalists; plantation laborers. Traditional religion, syncretism, Hindu, Christian. |
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