Teressa language

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Teressa language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Nicobarese community on Teressa Island in India’s Nicobar Islands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Teressa language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
Nicobarese language
continent Asia
country India
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Teressa Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
geneticClassification Austroasiatic → Nicobarese
hasAlternativeName Lurö
Teressa Nicobarese
linked to: Nicobarese
hasTypology predominantly analytic
hasWordOrder SVO
ISO639-3Code tef
languageFamily Austroasiatic
locatedIn Nicobar district
Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
macroArea South Asia
neighboringLanguage Car language
Chowra language
Nancowry language
region Bay of Bengal
spokenBy Nicobarese people
linked to: Nicobarese
spokenIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
India
Nicobar Islands
Teressa Island NERFINISHED
spokenOn Bompoka Island NERFINISHED
Teressa Island NERFINISHED
subfamily Nicobarese
writingSystem Devanagari script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Nicobarese languages languageFamilyOf Teressa language
Chowra language closelyRelatedTo Teressa language