Nicobarese

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Nicobarese is an Austroasiatic language (or group of related languages) traditionally spoken by the indigenous Nicobarese people of India’s Nicobar Islands.

All labels observed (16)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
language group
natural language
belongsTo Indo-Pacific linguistic area
continent Asia
country India
ethnicity Nicobarese
family Austroasiatic
hasAlternativeName Nicobarese languages
Nicobari
linked to: Nicobar Islands
hasDialect Car Nicobarese
linked to: Car Nicobar

Central Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese

Chowra
Katchal
Little Nicobar
Nancowry
Southern Nicobarese
Teressa
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Latin script
Tamil script
isIndigenousTo Nicobar Islands
iso639FamilyCode nicobarese
isOfficialIn none
isPartOf Mon–Khmer languages
linked to: Mon-Khmer
languageStatus vulnerable
macroArea South Asia
neighboringLanguage Bengali
Hindi
Shompen
Tamil
primaryReligionOfSpeakers Animism
Christianity
region Bay of Bengal
spokenBy Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
spokenIn India
Nicobar Islands
subfamily Nuclear Mon–Khmer
linked to: Mon-Khmer
subgroup Nicobarese languages
threatenedBy language shift to English
language shift to Hindi
language shift to Tamil
usedFor daily communication
oral tradition
rituals and ceremonies

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Referenced by (81)

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

Andaman and Nicobar Islands hasIndigenousPeople Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Port Blair language Nicobarese (as minority language)
linked to: Nicobarese
Nicobarese spokenBy Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Nicobarese ethnicity Nicobarese
Nicobarese hasDialect Central Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
Shompen neighboringGroups Nicobarese
Middle Andaman Island ethnicGroup Nicobarese (migrants)
linked to: Nicobarese
Car Nicobar hasIndigenousCommunity Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Car Nicobar ethnicGroup Nicobarese
Car Nicobar primaryLanguage Nicobarese language
linked to: Nicobarese
Great Nicobar Island hasEthnicGroup Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Nicobarese
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Nicobarese branch
linked to: Nicobarese
Austroasiatic hasLanguage Nicobarese language
linked to: Nicobarese
Austroasiatic spokenBy Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Campbell Bay hasLanguage Nicobarese
subject linked to: Campbell Bay town
Andaman Islands language Nicobarese (in some areas)
linked to: Nicobarese
Nancowry subdivisionOf Central Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
Nancowry spokenBy Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Nancowry closelyRelatedTo Katchal Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
Nancowry closelyRelatedTo Teressa Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
Nicobar Islands localLanguage Nicobarese
Nicobar Islands indigenousPeople Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Nicobar Islands ethnicGroup Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Nicobarese languages spokenBy Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Nicobarese languages ethnicity Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Nicobarese languages hasSubgroup Central Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
Little Nicobar ethnicGroup Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Little Nicobar hasReligionCommunity Christian Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
Chowra relatedTo Car Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
Chowra relatedTo Teressa Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
Chowra relatedTo Central Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
Shompen language possibleSubfamily Nicobarese branch
linked to: Nicobarese
Teressa ethnicGroup Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Teressa languageBranch Nicobarese
Teressa closelyRelatedTo Katchal Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
Teressa hasAlternativeName Teressa Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
Katchal ethnicGroup Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
Katchal hasDialectContinuumWith Central Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
Mayabunder localLanguage Nicobarese
Nimbutala hasOfficialLanguage Nicobarese
Uttara hasOfficialLanguage Nicobarese
Panchawati hasOfficialLanguage Nicobarese