Paliyan language

{{Short description|Language related to Malayalam}} {{Infobox language |name=Paliyan |altname=പാലിയൻ |states=India |region=Kerala |speakers={{sigfig|9520|2}} |date=2001 census |ref=e18 |familycolor=Dravidian | fam2 = Southern | fam3 = Southern I | fam4 = Tamil–Kannada | fam5 = Tamil–Kota | fam6 = Tamil–Toda | fam7 = Tamil–Irula | fam8 = Tamil–Kodava–Urali | fam9 = Tamil–Malayalam | fam10 = Tamiloid | fam11 = Tamil–Paliyan | ancestor = Old Tamil | ancestor2 = Middle Tamil |iso3 = pcf |glotto=pali1274 |glottorefname=Paliyan }}

'''Paliyan''' ({{ipa|pcf|pɐɭijɐn|ipa}}) is a Dravidian language of Kerala that is closely related to Tamil. It is spoken by the Paliyans.

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Category:Malayalam language