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.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Nicobarese languages canonical	15
Car Nicobarese language	3
Nicobarese language	3
Southern Nicobarese	2
Central Nicobarese languages	1
Central Nicobarese subgroup	1
Chowra-Nicobarese	1
Nicobarese branch of Austroasiatic	1
Nicobarese languages of Car Nicobar	1
Nicobarese languages of Katchal	1
Nicobarese languages of Nancowry	1
Nicobarese languages of Teressa	1
North Sentinel language	1
Northern Nicobarese	1
Proto-Nicobarese	1
Southern Nicobarese language	1
Southern Nicobarese languages	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T764252 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nicobarese languages
Context triple: [Nicobarese, subgroup, Nicobarese languages]

A. Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
B. Great Andamanese languages
The Great Andamanese languages are a small, nearly extinct group of indigenous languages once spoken by the Great Andamanese peoples of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
C. Timor–Babar languages
The Timor–Babar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Timor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex phonologies and diverse grammatical structures.
D. Central Banda languages
The Central Banda languages are a group of closely related Banda languages spoken primarily in the Central African Republic and neighboring regions of central Africa.
E. Muna–Buton languages
The Muna–Buton languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nicobarese languages
Target entity description: 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.

A. Penutian languages
Penutian languages are a proposed family of Native American languages spoken primarily in the western United States, noted for their controversial genetic relationships and inclusion of several distinct regional language groups.
B. Great Andamanese languages
The Great Andamanese languages are a small, nearly extinct group of indigenous languages once spoken by the Great Andamanese peoples of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
C. Timor–Babar languages
The Timor–Babar languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Timor and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia, noted for their complex phonologies and diverse grammatical structures.
D. Central Banda languages
The Central Banda languages are a group of closely related Banda languages spoken primarily in the Central African Republic and neighboring regions of central Africa.
E. Muna–Buton languages
The Muna–Buton languages are a subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in southeastern Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

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

How these facts were elicited