Chowra language

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The Chowra language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the indigenous community of Chowra Island in India’s Nicobar Islands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chowra language canonical 2

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
language
closelyRelatedTo Car language
Nancowry language
Teressa language
continent Asia
country India
countrySubdivision Andaman and Nicobar Islands
surface form: Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
endangermentFactors language shift to more dominant languages in the region
small speaker population
ethnicity Chowra Islanders
family Austroasiatic
hasAlternativeName Chaura
Nicobarese
surface form: Chowra Nicobarese

Nicobarese languages
surface form: Chowra-Nicobarese
ISO639-3 crv
languageFamilyBranch Nicobarese ONNED1
locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Bay of Bengal
partOf Nicobarese languages
surface form: Nicobarese branch of Austroasiatic
primaryUse oral communication
region Chowra Island NERFINISHED
spokenBy indigenous community of Chowra Island
spokenIn Nicobar Islands
status endangered language
subfamilyOf Nicobarese languages
usedIn daily communication on Chowra Island
traditional cultural practices of Chowra Island
writingSystem no widely used standardized writing system

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Referenced by (2)

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

Nicobarese languages languageFamilyOf Chowra language
Teressa language neighboringLanguage Chowra language