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ISO 639-3 · kevkev
Dravidian family

Kanikkaran

Kanikkaran is a language of the Tamil languages branch (Dravidian), spoken in India.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
kev
Glottocode
kani1275
Family
Dravidian
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameKanikkaran
Also calledKanikkaran language, Kani language, Kani

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Dravidian to Kanikkaran

The branches above Kanikkaran, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

65Dravidianfamily43South Dravidianbranch30Tamil–Kannadabranch21Tamil–Malayalambranch12Tamil languagesbranchkevKanikkaranlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

India395 languages in the index

Also spoken in India

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalhinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · NationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafebenBanglaIndo-European · 106 m1 · NationalmarMarathiunclassified · 77 m2 · ProvincialbhoBhojpuriIndo-European · 52.2 m4 · EducationalpusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSafe