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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Semi-nomadic community in southern India}}<br />
{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Kanikkaran<br />
| image = Castes and tribes of southern India. Assisted by K. Rangachari (1909) (14596909057).jpg<br />
| population = 25,088<br />
| caption = Kanikkar tribal, Travancore, 1905<br />
| total_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html|title=A-11 Individual Scheduled Tribe Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix|publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref><br />
| total_year = 2011 census<br />
| popplace = {{flagcountry|India}}<br />
| region1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| pop1 = 21,251<br />
| region2 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| pop2 = 3,837<br />
| languages = [[Kanikkaran language|Kanikkaran]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]<br />
| religions = Folk Hinduism<br />
| related-c = <br />
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}}<br />
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'''Kanikkaran''' are a tribal community found in the southern parts of [[Kerala]] and [[Tamil Nadu]] states in India. According to 2011 census there are 24,000 Kanikkars,<ref name="census">[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kev Kanikkaran A language of India]. ''The Ethnologue Website'', retrieved November 21, 2009</ref> living in several districts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. They dwell in forests or near to forests in [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]] and [[Kollam district|Kollam]] in Kerala, and [[Kanyakumari district|Kanyakumari]] and [[Tirunelveli district|Tirunelveli]] districts in Tamil Nadu.<br />
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Though they cultivate everything and make agriculture as the main profession, they have a special liking for fishing and hunting. Literacy is estimated to be around 53.84%.<ref>[http://www.focusonpeople.org/major_tribals_in_kerala.htm#9 Major Tribals in Kerala]. ''Focus On People'', retrieved August 20, 2011</ref> ''Kaanikkar Nritham'' is a form of group dance performed as a rural offering. [[Kokra (instrument)|Kokra]] is a traditional musical instrument used by them.<ref>[http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/performingarts.htm Tribal Dances] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806203547/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/performingarts.htm |date=2017-08-06 }}. ''The PRD Kerala Website'', retrieved August 20, 2011</ref><br />
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==Language==<br />
The [[Kanikkaran language]] is closely related to Tamil, but has significant Malayalam influence.<ref name="census" /><ref>{{Citation | editor-last=Lewis | editor-first=Paul M. | title=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition | publisher=SIL International | publication-date=2009 | isbn=978-1-55671-216-6}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Amboori|Amboori Village]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Commonscatinline}}<br />
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[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of India]]<br />
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Indigenous peoples of South Asia]]</div>HungHanks23355