Central Nicobarese languages

Nicobarese language of India
Central Nicobarese
Geographic
distribution
Camorta, Nancowry, Katchal, & Trinket Islands,
India
Native speakers
10,100 (2001)[1]
Linguistic classificationAustroasiatic
  • Nicobarese
    • Central Nicobarese
Subdivisions
  • Camorta
  • Nancowry
  • Katchal (Tehnu)
ISO 639-3ncb
Glottologcent1990
ELPCentral Nicobarese

Central Nicobarese is a group of Nicobarese languages spoken by 10,000 people (as of the 2001 census) on the Nicobar Islands. The varieties spoken on the various islands apart from Trinket are not mutually intelligible, and are considered separate languages:

  • Nancowry (Nankwari)
  • Camorta (Kamorta)
  • Katchal (Tehnu)

References

  1. ^ Central Nicobarese at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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