Nancowry

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Nancowry is a dialect of the Nicobarese language spoken by indigenous communities in the Nicobar Islands of India.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Nancowry group 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nicobarese language variety
dialect
language variety
closelyRelatedTo Camorta
Nicobarese
surface form: Katchal Nicobarese

Nicobarese
surface form: Teressa Nicobarese
country India
endangeredStatus vulnerable
family Austroasiatic
surface form: Austroasiatic languages
hasAncestor Nicobarese languages
surface form: Proto-Nicobarese
hasMorphologicalType analytic
hasPhonologicalFeature typical Mon–Khmer consonant inventory
isoException dialect
languageFamily Austroasiatic
locatedInEthnolinguisticArea Bay of Bengal
partOf Nicobarese languages
region Andaman and Nicobar Islands
script Latin script
spokenBy Nicobarese
surface form: Nicobarese people

indigenous communities of the Nicobar Islands
spokenIn India
Nancowry Island NERFINISHED
Nicobar Islands
subdivisionOf Nicobarese
surface form: Central Nicobarese
subfamily Mon–Khmer languages
usedAlongside English
Hindi
usedFor daily communication in local communities
wordOrder SVO

Referenced by (4)

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

Nicobarese hasDialect Nancowry
Nicobar Islands hasIsland Nancowry
this entity surface form: Nancowry group