Paniya language

Paniya is one of the Dravidian languages of India. It is spoken by the Paniya people, a scheduled tribe with a majority of its speakers in the state of Kerala. The language is also known as Pania, Paniyan and Panyah. It belongs to the Dravidian family of languages. According to the 1981 Census, there were 63,827 speakers of Paniya which includes 56,952 in Kerala, 6,393 in Tamil Nadu, 482 in Karnataka. Most of its speakers are found in the Wayanad, Kozhikode, Kannur and Malappuram districts of Kerala, and to the west of the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu.

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Nayanka Bell

Nayanka Bell (born 1954 in Touba, Côte d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian singer who has released several albums, the earliest in 1984.

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Bell's early work was inspired by the Francophone Caribbean, and although her native tongue is French she sings in English. Her debut album, Amio, was released in 1983, with styles ranging from funk and disco to ballads. A second album in 1986, If You Came To Go, showed a greater Antillean influence. Bell is considered one of the top female Ivorian singers.

In 2000, she recorded a version of Serge Gainsbourg's "Je t'aime... moi non plus", with Congolese singer Koffi Olomidé and performed it in front of 17,000 spectators at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy.

In April 2009, Bell was critically injured in a road accident, prompting rumours to spread that she had died. She in fact survived the accident although her injuries were serious and required several operations.

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