Teressa language

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Teressa language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Nicobarese community on Teressa Island in India’s Nicobar Islands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Teressa language canonical 2

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
Nicobarese language
continent Asia
country India
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Nicobarese
surface form: Teressa Nicobarese
geneticClassification Austroasiatic → Nicobarese
hasAlternativeName Lurö
Nicobarese
surface form: Teressa Nicobarese
hasTypology predominantly analytic
hasWordOrder SVO
ISO639-3Code tef
languageFamily Austroasiatic
locatedIn Nicobar district
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
surface form: Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
macroArea South Asia
neighboringLanguage Car language
Chowra language
Nancowry language
region Bay of Bengal
spokenBy Nicobarese
surface form: Nicobarese people
spokenIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
India
Nicobar Islands
Teressa Island NERFINISHED
spokenOn Bompoka Island NERFINISHED
Teressa Island NERFINISHED
subfamily Nicobarese
writingSystem Devanagari script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (2)

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

Nicobarese languages languageFamilyOf Teressa language
Chowra language closelyRelatedTo Teressa language