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Central Nicobarese languages

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Central Nicobarese
Geographic
distribution
Camorta, Nancowry, Katchal, & Trinket Islands,
India
Native speakers
10,100 (2001)[1]
Linguistic classificationAustroasiatic
Subdivisions
Language codes
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:

References

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