Nicobarese

E16139

Nicobarese is an Austroasiatic language (or group of related languages) traditionally spoken by the indigenous Nicobarese people of India’s Nicobar Islands.

All labels observed (16)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
language group
natural language
belongsTo Indo-Pacific linguistic area
continent Asia
country India
ethnicity Nicobarese self-link
family Austroasiatic
hasAlternativeName Nicobarese languages
Nicobar Islands
surface form: Nicobari
hasDialect Car Nicobar
surface form: Car Nicobarese

Nicobarese self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central Nicobarese

Chowra
Katchal
Little Nicobar
Nancowry
Nicobarese languages
surface form: Southern Nicobarese

Teressa
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Latin script
Tamil script
isIndigenousTo Nicobar Islands
iso639FamilyCode nicobarese
isOfficialIn none
isPartOf Mon-Khmer
surface form: Mon–Khmer languages
languageStatus vulnerable
macroArea South Asia
neighboringLanguage Bengali
Hindi
Shompen
Tamil
primaryReligionOfSpeakers Animism
Christianity
region Bay of Bengal
spokenBy Nicobarese self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nicobarese people
spokenIn India
Nicobar Islands
subfamily Mon-Khmer
surface form: Nuclear Mon–Khmer
subgroup Nicobarese languages
threatenedBy language shift to English
language shift to Hindi
language shift to Tamil
usedFor daily communication
oral tradition
rituals and ceremonies

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Referenced by (81)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands hasIndigenousPeople Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Port Blair language Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese (as minority language)
Nicobarese spokenBy Nicobarese self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Nicobarese ethnicity Nicobarese self-link
Nicobarese hasDialect Nicobarese self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Central Nicobarese
Shompen neighboringGroups Nicobarese
Middle Andaman Island ethnicGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese (migrants)
Car Nicobar hasIndigenousCommunity Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Car Nicobar ethnicGroup Nicobarese
Car Nicobar primaryLanguage Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese language
Great Nicobar Island hasEthnicGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Nicobarese
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese branch
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese language
Austroasiatic spokenBy Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Campbell Bay town hasLanguage Nicobarese
subject surface form: Campbell Bay
Andaman Islands language Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese (in some areas)
Nancowry subdivisionOf Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Central Nicobarese
Nancowry spokenBy Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Nancowry closelyRelatedTo Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Katchal Nicobarese
Nancowry closelyRelatedTo Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Teressa Nicobarese
Nicobar Islands localLanguage Nicobarese
Nicobar Islands indigenousPeople Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Nicobar Islands ethnicGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Nicobarese languages spokenBy Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Nicobarese languages ethnicity Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Nicobarese languages hasSubgroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Central Nicobarese
Little Nicobar ethnicGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Little Nicobar hasReligionCommunity Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Christian Nicobarese
Chowra relatedTo Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Car Nicobarese
Chowra relatedTo Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Teressa Nicobarese
Chowra relatedTo Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Central Nicobarese
Shompen language possibleSubfamily Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese branch
Teressa ethnicGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Teressa languageBranch Nicobarese
Teressa closelyRelatedTo Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Katchal Nicobarese
Teressa hasAlternativeName Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Teressa Nicobarese
Katchal ethnicGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Katchal hasDialectContinuumWith Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Central Nicobarese
Mayabunder localLanguage Nicobarese
Nimbutala hasOfficialLanguage Nicobarese
Uttara hasOfficialLanguage Nicobarese
Panchawati hasOfficialLanguage Nicobarese