Nicobarese languages

E91415

Austroasiatic languages language family

The Nicobarese languages are a group of Austroasiatic languages spoken by the indigenous Nicobarese people of India’s Nicobar Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean.

Aliases (10)

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austroasiatic languages → language family →
arealGroup	Munda–Nicobarese branch →
associatedReligion	Animism → Christianity → Hinduism →
branchOf	Austroasiatic languages →
continent	Asia →
country	India →
endangeredStatus	vulnerable →
ethnicity	Nicobarese people →
family	Austroasiatic languages →
geneticClassification	Austroasiatic →
hasSubgroup	Car Nicobarese → Central Nicobarese → Chowra → Nancowry → Northern Nicobarese → Southern Nicobarese → Teressa →
indigenousTo	Nicobar Islands →
ISO639FamilyCode	nic →
languageFamilyOf	Car Nicobarese language → Chowra language → Nancowry language → Southern Nicobarese language → Teressa language →
locatedIn	eastern Indian Ocean →
macroArea	South Asia →
minorityLanguageIn	India →
neighboringLanguage	Andamanese languages → Bengali language → Tamil language →
officialStatusIn	none →
primaryUse	oral communication →
region	Andaman and Nicobar Islands → Bay of Bengal →
spokenBy	Nicobarese people →
spokenIn	India → Nicobar Islands →
subclassOf	Austroasiatic language family →
typology	mostly analytic →
wordOrder	SVO →
writingSystem	Devanagari script → Latin script →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Austroasiatic → Austroasiatic ("Nicobarese languages of Car Nicobar") → Austroasiatic ("Nicobarese languages of Nancowry") → Austroasiatic ("Nicobarese languages of Teressa") → Austroasiatic ("Nicobarese languages of Katchal") →	hasLanguage
Nicobarese languages ("Southern Nicobarese") → Nicobarese languages ("Northern Nicobarese") →	hasSubgroup
Nicobarese languages ("Car Nicobarese language") → Nicobarese languages ("Southern Nicobarese language") →	languageFamilyOf
Sentinelese language ("North Sentinel language") →	alternativeName
Ongan languages →	distinctFrom
Nicobarese →	hasAlternativeName
Nancowry ("Proto-Nicobarese") →	hasAncestor
Nicobarese ("Southern Nicobarese") →	hasDialect
Andaman Hindi →	hasInfluenceFrom
Nancowry →	partOf
Nicobarese →	subgroup