Nancowry language
E417501
Nancowry language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Nicobarese people on Nancowry and nearby islands in India’s Nicobar archipelago.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nancowry language canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austroasiatic language
ⓘ
Nicobarese language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Nicobarese ⓘ |
| family | Austroasiatic ⓘ |
| glottologCode | nanc1240 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Nancowry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Nancoury
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nankwari ⓘ |
| hasDialects | Nancowry dialects ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
descriptive grammars
ⓘ
lexicographic work ⓘ phonological studies ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguages |
Nicobarese
ⓘ
surface form:
Car Nicobarese
Nicobarese ⓘ
surface form:
Teressa Nicobarese
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
complex pronominal system
ⓘ
rich system of verbal affixes ⓘ |
| hasUsageDomain |
home communication
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ traditional cultural practices ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn | India ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | ncb ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Nicobarese languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Nicobarese subgroup
|
| isRecognizedAs | scheduled tribal language at local level ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Car language
ⓘ
Nicobarese languages ⓘ
surface form:
Central Nicobarese languages
|
| isSpokenByReligiousCommunities |
Animist Nicobarese
ⓘ
Christian Nicobarese ⓘ |
| isSpokenOn |
Nancowry Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Nancowry group of islands
|
| isThreatenedBy |
language shift to English
ⓘ
language shift to Hindi ⓘ language shift to other Nicobarese varieties ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch |
Mon-Khmer
ⓘ
surface form:
Mon–Khmer
|
| region | Nicobar Islands ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Nicobarese
ⓘ
surface form:
Nicobarese people
|
| spokenIn |
Kamorta Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nancowry Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Nancowry Island
neighboring islands of central Nicobar ⓘ |
| subfamily | Nicobarese ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.