Paliyan language

Paliyan
Paliyan
പാലിയൻ
Native to	India
Region	Kerala
Native speakers	(9,500 cited 2001 census)
Language family	Dravidian Southern Southern I Tamil–Kannada Tamil–Kota Tamil–Toda Tamil–Irula Tamil–Kodava–Urali Tamil–Malayalam Tamiloid Tamil–Paliyan Paliyan; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Tamil Middle Tamil ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pcf
Glottolog	pali1274

Paliyan (IPA: [pɐɭijɐn]) is a Dravidian language of Kerala that is closely related to Tamil. It is spoken by the Paliyans.

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(9,500 cited 2001 census)^[1]

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