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| Nicobarese | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
Nicobar Islands |
| Genetic classification: |
Austro-Asiatic Mon-Khmer Southern Nicobarese |
| Subdivisions: |
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| ISO 639-2: | mkh |
- "Nicobarese" redirects here. For the indigenous peoples, see Nicobar Islands.
The Nicobarese languages form an isolated group of six closely-related Mon-Khmer languages, spoken by the majority of the inhabitants of the Nicobar Islands of India. They have a total of about 30,000 speakers (22,100 native). The majority of Nicobarese speakers use the Car language.
They appear to be unrelated to the Shompen languages of the indigenous inhabitants of the interior of Great Nicobar island.
The morphological similarities between Nicobarese and Austronesian languages have been used to help support the Austric hypothesis.
A monograph titled "A study on the Nicobarese Language" authored by A R Das, is available from the Anthropological Survey of India offices across India.
Nicobarese Languages
- Chaura
- Teressa
- Bompoka
- Southern Nicobarese (Dialects: Condul, Great Nicobar, Little Nicobar, Milo, Sambelong, Tafwap)
- Central Nicobarese (Dialects: Camorta, Katchal, Nancowry, Trinkut)
- Car
Further reading
- Adams, K. L. (1989). Systems of numeral classification in the Mon-Khmer, Nicobarese and Aslian subfamilies of Austroasiatic. Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 0858833735
- Radhakrishnan, R. (1981). The Nancowry Word: Phonology, Affixal Morphology and Roots of a Nicobarese Language. Current Inquiry Into Language and Linguistics 37. Linguistic Research Inc., P.O. Box 5677, Station 'L', Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6C 4G1. ISBN 0-88783-041-2
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