Paniya
A language of India
| Population | 94,000 (2003). 56,952 in Kerala, 6,393 in Tamil Nadu, 482 in Karnataka. |
| Region | Kerala, Wayanad, Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram districts; Tamil Nadu, west of Nilgiris Hills; Karnataka, Kodagu District. |
| Alternate names | Nil, Pania, Paniyan, Panyah |
| Dialects | Intelligibility with Malappura Paniya by Kodava [kfa] is 66%. Dialects have 79%–88% lexical similarity with Malappura Paniya, Kodava has 71%. Lexical similarity: 79%–88% between dialects and Malappuram Paniya, 71% with Kodaku [ksz]. |
| Classification | Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Malayalam |
| Language use | Home, religion. Also use Malayalam [mal], Tamil [tam], or Kannada [kan]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 41% for Kerala, 26% for Tamil Nadu. |
| Writing system | Kannada script, used in Karnataka. Malayalam script, used in Kerala. Tamil script, used in Tamil Nadu. |
| Comments | A Scheduled Tribe. Agricultural workers; woodcutters; fishermen. Hindu, traditional religion, Christian. |
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