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

Mus village ethnicGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Mus village indigenousCommunity Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese community
Mus village hasEthnolinguisticGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese of Car Nicobar
Big Lapathy hasLocalLanguage Nicobarese
Perka hasRegionalLanguage Nicobarese
Kima hasLanguage Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese (Car dialect)
Sawai hasLocalLanguage Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese (Car dialect)
Tamalu hasLocalLanguage Nicobarese
Bakultala hasCommonLanguage Nicobarese
Kadamtala hasLanguage Nicobarese
Shompen people relatedTo Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Trinket Island ethnicGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Kamorta hasIndigenousCommunity Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Kamorta hasEthnicGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Car Nicobar Island ethnicGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Nancowry Islands ethnicGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Camorta hasIndigenousCommunity Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Camorta ethnicGroup Nicobarese
Munda–Nicobarese branch relatedTo Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese branch
Nancowry language subfamily Nicobarese
Nancowry language spokenBy Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Nancowry language ethnicity Nicobarese
Nancowry language hasNeighboringLanguages Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Car Nicobarese
Nancowry language hasNeighboringLanguages Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Teressa Nicobarese
Teressa language spokenBy Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Nicobarese people
Teressa language subfamily Nicobarese
Teressa language hasAlternativeName Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Teressa Nicobarese
Teressa language ethnicGroup Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Teressa Nicobarese
Chowra language hasAlternativeName Nicobarese
this entity surface form: Chowra Nicobarese