Pathiya language

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Pathiya
Native to India
Native speakers
1,000 (2004) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 pty
Glottolog path1235

Pathiya is a Southern Dravidian language of India. It is close to Kalanadi.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dravidian languages</span> Language family mostly of southern India

The Dravidian languages are a family of languages spoken by 220 and 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan. Dravidian is first attested in the 2nd century BCE, as inscriptions in Tamil-Brahmi script on cave walls in the Madurai and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu.

Kalanadi is a Southern Dravidian language of India. It is most similar to Pathiya with which it shares 88% lexical similarity.

Kunduvadi is a Southern Dravidian language of India. It is structurally similar to Malayalam, but is closer to Pathiya.

References

  1. Pathiya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)